NameTides

Emmylou

Emmylou was the #2,276 girls' name in the US in 2025 (80 babies), and #2,282 in Canada.

Emmylou as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Emmylou as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Emmylou as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#2,276 (80)—#2,282 (9)
2024#2,559 (69)#4,844 (4)#2,445 (8)
2023#2,757 (62)—#2,366 (8)
2022#2,579 (68)#2,889 (8)#2,133 (9)
2021#2,046 (94)—#2,021 (10)
2020#2,257 (79)——
2019#2,508 (70)#2,869 (8)#3,266 (5)
2018#2,334 (78)—#2,151 (9)
2017#2,432 (74)#5,765 (3)#2,609 (7)
2016#2,479 (73)#3,609 (6)—
2015#2,590 (69)#3,615 (6)#2,891 (6)
2014#3,369 (47)#2,464 (10)—
2013#3,076 (53)#3,536 (6)#1,913 (11)
2012#3,644 (43)#4,838 (4)—
2011#4,681 (30)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #2,046.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1924.

How common is it?

about 1 in 20,000 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 20,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Emmylou is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 23,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 17,000 to 1 in 33,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Emmylou by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #915WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,276CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,210TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Emmylou (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
EmmylouCanadaGirls#2,2829
EmmylouEngland & WalesGirls—too few
EmmylouNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
EmmylouUSGirls#2,27680