Emeli Girl
How popular is Emeli?
#4,351 girl name in 2025
32 baby girls were named Emeli in the US in 2025, making it the 4351st most popular girl name.
Emeli popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #4,351 for girls (▼ 529 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 32 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+33% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #5,456 in 2015, #5,165 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2005 (91 girls) |
| Highest rank | #2,056 in 2005 |
| First recorded | 1986 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Emeli counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Emily family of names ranked #30 for girls in 2025 (#24 the year before), with 6,611 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Emily | 5,451 | 82% |
| Emely | 590 | 9% |
| Emilee | 106 | 2% |
| Emilie | 170 | 3% |
| Emmalee | 47 | 1% |
| Emmaleigh | 23 | 0% |
| Emelie | 25 | 0% |
| Emalee | 13 | 0% |
| Emeli | 32 | 0% |
| Emilly | 59 | 1% |
| Emileigh | 5 | 0% |
| Emaleigh | 5 | 0% |
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 Emeli is most popular
Babies named Emeli per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (19 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 girls)
Emeli by decade
Girl names about as popular as Emeli
Questions
- Is Emeli a boy or girl name?
- Emeli is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Emeli were girls.
- How popular is the name Emeli?
- 32 baby girls were named Emeli in the US in 2025, making it the 4351st most popular girl name.
- When was Emeli most popular?
- Emeli peaked in 2005, when 91 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,056 in 2005.
- How many people are named Emeli?
- 1,417 babies have been named Emeli in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,405 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 18.
- Where is Emeli most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Emeli was most common in Texas, at 0.0 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.