NameTides

Emmy

Emmy was the #445 girls' name in the US in 2025 (695 babies), and #396 in England & Wales and #415 in Canada.

Emmy as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Emmy as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandNorthern IrelandCanadaIrelandUSEngland & Wales
Emmy as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#445 (695)#396 (105)#178 (23)#334 (4)#381 (10)#415 (75)
2024#453 (692)#516 (76)#351 (9)#253 (6)#243 (17)#417 (73)
2023#505 (600)#467 (85)#323 (11)—#404 (9)#428 (68)
2022#506 (623)#449 (94)#232 (17)#305 (5)#420 (9)#311 (95)
2021#538 (571)#459 (94)#339 (10)#350 (4)#430 (9)#399 (80)
2020#517 (585)#501 (81)#276 (13)—#255 (17)#382 (82)
2019#490 (640)#641 (61)#322 (11)#424 (3)#716 (4)#349 (93)
2018#540 (580)#458 (94)#376 (9)—#474 (8)#364 (90)
2017#611 (496)#511 (84)#289 (13)#355 (4)#524 (7)#326 (100)
2016#622 (480)#553 (76)#287 (14)—#585 (6)#384 (90)
2015#618 (467)#432 (102)#416 (8)#426 (3)#581 (6)#341 (101)
2014#660 (433)#393 (112)#261 (17)#229 (8)#373 (12)#292 (113)
2013#651 (436)#460 (91)#367 (10)—#399 (11)#365 (89)
2012#718 (387)#504 (86)#426 (8)—#435 (10)#360 (90)
2011#777 (350)#569 (71)#674 (4)—#695 (5)#348 (94)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #445.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1885.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,300 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 780common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Emmy is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,000 to 1 in 2,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Emmy by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #447WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #541WAIdaho: #351IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #422MNIllinois: #436ILMichigan: #484MINew York: #388NYMassachusetts: #624MAOregon: #273ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #390IAIndiana: #651INOhio: #444OHPennsylvania: #647PANew Jersey: #296NJConnecticut: #298CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #350CAUtah: #239UTColorado: #456CONebraska: #396NEMissouri: #640MOKentucky: #364KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,037VAMaryland: #549MDDelaware: #140DEArizona: #515AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #578KSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #262TNNorth Carolina: #381NCSouth Carolina: #373SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #697OKLouisiana: #295LAMississippi: #441MSAlabama: #574ALGeorgia: #509GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #559TXFlorida: #397FL
Emmy (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#52724
Quebec2025#5917

Emmy (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
EmmyCanadaGirls#41575
EmmyCanadaBoys—too few
EmmyEngland & WalesGirls#396105
EmmyIrelandGirls#38110
EmmyNorthern IrelandGirls#3344
EmmyScotlandGirls#17823
EmmyUSGirls#445695