Mostly girls · peaked in 2025
Emery name popularity since 1925
59,535 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Emery (73.6% girls, 26.4% boys). Half of them were born in 2017 or earlier, so the typical Emery is about 9 years old in 2026. Emery peaked in 2025 as the #74 name for girls, and it ranked #74 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 59,535
- Named Emery, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #74
- for girls in 2025 (3,208 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 73.6% girls
- 43,803 girls · 15,732 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 2.98× its national share
Peak year is the year Emery made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Emery births per year, 1925–2025
2025 was the biggest year for Emery both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 2004 and 2009, Emery became 4.7× more common, from 1 in 8,870 baby girls to 1 in 1,880.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Emery's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Emery.
Decade by decade
Babies named Emery in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 28 | 1,128 | – |
| 1930s | 12 | 1,657 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 10 | 1,363 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 14 | 1,275 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 12 | 1,095 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 55 | 735 | #8,292 |
| 1980s | 172 | 772 | #4,177 |
| 1990s | 571 | 789 | #2,636 |
| 2000s | 3,550 | 1,665 | #813 |
| 2010s | 20,971 | 3,282 | #134 |
| 2020–25 | 18,408 | 1,971 | #74 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
67.1% of babies named Emery from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Emery is most popular
The index compares Emery's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Emery.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 2.98× | 1,351 |
| Idaho | 2.09× | 443 |
| Arizona | 1.78× | 1,227 |
| Nevada | 1.74× | 331 |
| Colorado | 1.64× | 1,075 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Emery and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Emery (this page) | 43,803 | 2025 |
| Emerie | 6,883 | 2024 |
| Emeri | 2,526 | 2023 |
| Emmery | 1,102 | 2024 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Emery's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Emery.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Emery (2025).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data