NameTides

Emrys

Emrys was the #1,260 boys' name in the US in 2025 (157 babies), and #418 in England & Wales and #837 in Canada.

Emrys as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Emrys as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaScotlandUS
Emrys as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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.
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YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#1,260 (157)#418 (96)#762 (3)#837 (31)
2024#1,140 (185)#490 (80)#727 (3)#927 (27)
2023#1,623 (107)#544 (70)—#1,496 (13)
2022#1,861 (85)#731 (45)—#1,178 (18)
2021#1,461 (123)#632 (58)—#1,109 (20)
2020#1,788 (84)#706 (47)—#1,176 (18)
2019#1,614 (102)#787 (40)—#1,065 (20)
2018#1,886 (79)#810 (39)—#1,983 (8)
2017#2,049 (68)#931 (33)—#1,510 (12)
2016#2,086 (67)#833 (38)—#1,988 (8)
2015#2,412 (53)#977 (30)—#1,204 (16)
2014#2,277 (58)#1,223 (21)#680 (3)#1,778 (9)
2013#2,182 (60)#730 (44)—#1,771 (9)
2012#2,954 (39)#1,119 (24)—#1,655 (10)
2011#9,600 (7)#1,688 (13)——

Emrys as a girl’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Emrys as a girl’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Emrys as a girl’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, 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
YearUSCanada
2025#4,460 (31)#2,475 (8)
2024#3,695 (41)—
2023#4,565 (30)#2,203 (9)
2022#4,108 (35)—
2021#3,735 (40)—
2020#4,880 (26)—
2019#6,698 (17)—
2018#6,521 (18)—
2017#6,044 (20)#3,307 (5)
2016#6,186 (20)—
2015#6,036 (21)#2,891 (6)
2014#8,485 (13)—
2013#7,372 (16)—
2012#14,962 (6)—
2010#13,448 (7)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #1,140.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1997.
  • In 2025, 17% of US babies named Emrys were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 11,000 baby boys 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
USBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,100uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 53,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 19,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Emrys is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 5,500 to 1 in 15,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Emrys by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #618WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: 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: #1,202NYMassachusetts: 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: #1,267OHPennsylvania: #1,004PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,299CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #756CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #875VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #927AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #927TNNorth Carolina: #873NCSouth 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: #1,760TXFlorida: #1,191FL
Emrys (boys) 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
Quebec2025#5138
Ontario2024#1,5176

Emrys (boys): 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
EmrysCanadaGirls#2,4758
EmrysCanadaBoys#83731
EmrysEngland & WalesBoys#41896
EmrysNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
EmrysScotlandBoys#7623
EmrysUSGirls#4,46031
EmrysUSBoys#1,260157