Emory

#339 for girls in 2025, 899 births · #883 for boys in 2025, 269 births
Given to boys 63.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
#237
1881 · 42 births
Debut · boys
1880
40 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
18,970
since 1880

Emory over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202009peak #237, 1881girlsat peakboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#339899#883269
2024#333940#882272
2023#365841#831295
2022#468679#848287
2021#479654#819293
2020#446693#818281
2019#480653#802286
2018#476657#788288
2017#632466#807282
2016#654449#835271
2015#626456#830271
2014#741377#864255
2013#798339#897232
2012#881302#970207
2011#999252#1,073174
2010#1,075231#1,047184
2009#1,027253#1,118165
2008#1,184215#1,303133
2007#1,357178#1,162152
2006#1,581136#1,202139
2005#1,93399#1,323114
2004#1,630119#1,251120
2003#1,85899#1,43092
2002#2,06483#1,47486
2001#2,17175#1,54378
2000#2,77752#1,32397
1999#2,20568#1,58069
1998#2,27962#1,41880
1997#2,65947#1,58064
1996#3,30235#1,44571
1995#2,88041#1,40571
1994#3,44832#1,39970
1993#3,68129#1,44465
1992#4,68621#1,57256
1991#3,93626#1,52857
1990#6,13114#1,43561
1989#9,6817#1,43358
1988#6,27712#1,37357
1987—#1,37953
1986#8,5237#1,34553
1985#6,9559#1,37150
1984#5,89911#1,25154
1983#9,0156#1,32749
1982#8,2247#1,03177
1981#8,1287#1,12566
1980#8,1787#1,02278
1979#10,2105#1,07768
1978—#1,08764
1977#8,4446#1,22152
1976—#1,06761
1975—#1,09958
1974—#97770
1973—#94173
1972—#1,01463
1971—#85990
1970—#88483
1969—#78297
1968—#77990
1967—#80681
1966—#711109
1965#6,5395#78689
1964—#637149
1963—#658140
1962—#692124
1961—#689123
1960—#688130
1959—#660135
1958—#716108
1957#6,0865#633148
1956—#657133
1955#5,2086#625141
1954—#560170
1953—#564160
1952—#582143
1951—#585139
1950#5,3015#528163
1949—#544150
1948—#468202
1947—#509176
1946—#473184
1945—#474158
1944—#453179
1943#3,4938#456190
1942#4,1246#430204
1941#4,4205#443175
1940#4,3495#427186
1939#4,2505#426178
1938—#440170
1937—#417186
1936—#390197
1935#3,7426#424174
1934—#440165
1933#3,7536#394188
1932—#369227
1931#4,3315#379218
1930#3,6587#412202
1929#4,0536#387223
1928#3,1649#393228
1927—#398227
1926#3,8737#395224
1925#3,6648#366262
1924—#372263
1923—#380243
1922#4,4456#370263
1921#5,0995#375261
1920—#332308
1919#3,00510#391224
1918—#395226
1917#4,5945#361238
1916—#355229
1915#3,7956#358225
1914—#336189
1913—#331151
1912—#353117
1911—#31474
1910—#33255
1909—#30257
1908—#34942
1907—#29452
1906—#33039
1905—#30643
1904—#30042
1903—#34032
1902—#24258
1901—#25944
1900—#28752
1899—#26641
1898—#31637
1897—#28839
1896—#26546
1895—#27442
1894—#27840
1893—#34127
1892—#29838
1891—#35923
1890—#32229
1889—#27437
1888—#30235
1887—#28933
1886—#28037
1885—#28434
1884—#27838
1883—#26338
1882—#27738
1881—#23742
1880—#26740
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Emory was already there! It came in at #267, and was given to 40 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1890–1891, when fewer than 30 boys a year got the name.

See more about Emory
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1 spot since 2024 (#882 → #883)
  • 65 spots since 2020 (#818 → #883)
  • 53 spots since 2015 (#830 → #883)
  • Biggest jump: 103 spots in 2012 (#1,073 → #970)
  • Biggest drop: 155 spots in 1972 (#859 → #1,014)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #237 (42 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 108 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 108 yrs · run 1880–1971
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,115
  • Highest: 1 in 2,115 boys born in 1902 were named Emory (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 6,350 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
  • Its best rank, #237 in 1881, was only 1 in 2,398 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 13.2% of all boys named Emory (2,502) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2007
  • Mostly boys until 2006, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s372#237 (1881)#275
1890s362#265 (1896)#301
1900s461#242 (1902)#301
1910s1,728#314 (1911)#353
1920s2,502#332 (1920)#377
1930s1,905#369 (1932)#409
1940s1,804#427 (1940)#468
1950s1,440#528 (1950)#611
1960s1,132#637 (1964)#723
1970s682#859 (1971)#1,023
1980s595#1,022 (1980)#1,266
1990s664#1,399 (1994)#1,481
2000s1,176#1,118 (2009)#1,313
2010s2,450#788 (2018)#891
2020s1,697#818 (2020)#847

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Emory in 2009

girls
#1,027
253 births · 1 in 7,261 girls
boys
#1,118
165 births · 1 in 12,022 boys

Top girls' names in 2009

  1. #1Isabella22,321
  2. #2Emma17,910
  3. #3Olivia17,444
  4. #4Sophia16,951
  5. #5Ava15,877
  6. #6Emily15,366
  7. #7Madison15,257
  8. #8Abigail14,401
  9. #9Chloe11,922
  10. #10Mia11,438
  11. #1,027Emory253

Top boys' names in 2009

  1. #1Jacob21,204
  2. #2Ethan19,858
  3. #3Michael18,964
  4. #4Alexander18,254
  5. #5William17,937
  6. #6Joshua17,671
  7. #7Daniel17,564
  8. #8Jayden17,316
  9. #9Noah17,262
  10. #10Christopher16,368
  11. #1,118Emory165
More about 2009

girls

1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 7,261 of them was named Emory, which outranked 94.9% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Emory
  1. #1,024Krista255
  2. #1,025Dania254
  3. #1,025Keily254
  4. #1,027Emory253
  5. #1,027Kaley253
  6. #1,027Sawyer253
  7. #1,027Selina253
  8. #1,032Braelynn252
  9. #1,032Kaila252
  10. #1,032Shea252

Tied with 4 names at #1,027; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2008
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,137Taraji#5,013 → #876
  2. ↑ 2,107Bristol#2,773 → #666
  3. ↑ 836Analia#1,167 → #331
  4. ↑ 773Harlow#1,677 → #904
  5. ↑ 610Maliah#1,405 → #795
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,450Dayami#754 → #2,204
  2. ↓ 953Mareli#723 → #1,676
  3. ↓ 773Mylie#839 → #1,612
  4. ↓ 517Marely#334 → #851
  5. ↓ 515Hillary#722 → #1,237

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 12,022 of them was named Emory, which outranked 92.3% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Emory
  1. #1,112Jullian166
  2. #1,112Mikel166
  3. #1,112Shiloh166
  4. #1,118Emory165
  5. #1,118Augustine165
  6. #1,118Channing165
  7. #1,118Darrius165
  8. #1,125Colter164
  9. #1,125Dontae164
  10. #1,125Keanu164

Tied with 6 names at #1,118; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2008
Risers
  1. ↑ 951Knox#1,655 → #704
  2. ↑ 510Kellan#1,133 → #623
  3. ↑ 462Jaxen#1,329 → #867
  4. ↑ 422Bentley#936 → #514
  5. ↑ 354Archer#1,037 → #683
Fallers
  1. ↓ 493Yurem#995 → #1,488
  2. ↓ 222Cordell#786 → #1,008
  3. ↓ 212Shamar#926 → #1,138
  4. ↓ 201Trevin#797 → #998
  5. ↓ 198Glenn#865 → #1,063

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2009 →