Emberlyn Girl

How popular is Emberlyn?

#1,318 girl name in 2025

169 baby girls were named Emberlyn in the US in 2025, making it the 1318th most popular girl name.

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2,187living people named Emberlyn (est.)
6median age of people named Emberlyn
2,196babies named Emberlyn since 1880
1 in 19,617US babies born in 2025

Emberlyn popularity over time

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Rank in 2025#1,318 for girls (▼ 59 from 2024)
Babies in 2025169 girls
10-year trendRising fast (+59% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#1,908 in 2015, #1,448 in 2020
Peak year2021 (238 girls)
Highest rank#1,058 in 2021
First recorded2003
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)0% boys, 100% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Emberlyn counting every spelling

Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Emberlynn family of names ranked #605 for girls in 2025 (#572 the year before), with 461 babies in all.

SpellingGirls in 2025Share
Emberlynn 281 61%
Emberlyn 169 37%
Emberlin 5 1%
Emberlynne 6 1%

Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.

Where Emberlyn is most popular

Babies named Emberlyn per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.

  1. Kentucky: 0.5 per 1,000 (47 girls)
  2. West Virginia: 0.5 per 1,000 (13 girls)
  3. Oklahoma: 0.4 per 1,000 (32 girls)
  4. Arkansas: 0.4 per 1,000 (22 girls)
  5. Missouri: 0.4 per 1,000 (45 girls)

Emberlyn by decade

DecadeBaby girlsBest rank
2000s123#5,225
2010s947#1,406
2020s1,126#1,058

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Questions

Is Emberlyn a boy or girl name?
Emberlyn is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Emberlyn were girls.
How popular is the name Emberlyn?
169 baby girls were named Emberlyn in the US in 2025, making it the 1318th most popular girl name.
When was Emberlyn most popular?
Emberlyn peaked in 2021, when 238 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,058 in 2021.
How many people are named Emberlyn?
2,196 babies have been named Emberlyn in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,187 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 6.
Where is Emberlyn most popular?
From 2021 to 2025, Emberlyn was most common in Kentucky, at 0.5 of every 1,000 girls born there.

Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.