Emeline Girl
How popular is Emeline?
#2,751 girl name in 2025
62 baby girls were named Emeline in the US in 2025, making it the 2751st most popular girl name.
Emeline popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,751 for girls (▼ 389 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 62 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-27% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,209 in 2015, #2,549 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2016 (104 girls) |
| Highest rank | #476 in 1886 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| 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 |
Emeline counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Emmalyn family of names ranked #265 for girls in 2025 (#263 the year before), with 1,238 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Emmalyn | 204 | 16% |
| Emmeline | 284 | 23% |
| Emmaline | 182 | 15% |
| Emmalynn | 139 | 11% |
| Emelyn | 79 | 6% |
| Emeline | 62 | 5% |
| Emalyn | 31 | 3% |
| Emilyn | 25 | 2% |
| Emaline | 28 | 2% |
| Emalynn | 21 | 2% |
| Emmelyn | 46 | 4% |
| Emilynn | 18 | 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 Emeline is most popular
Babies named Emeline per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (29 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (27 girls)
- Virginia: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Emeline by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 132 | #476 |
| 1890s | 160 | #572 |
| 1900s | 161 | #780 |
| 1910s | 353 | #838 |
| 1920s | 257 | #1,222 |
| 1930s | 125 | #1,814 |
| 1940s | 71 | #2,666 |
| 1950s | 75 | #3,570 |
| 1960s | 69 | #3,781 |
| 1970s | 72 | #4,368 |
| 1980s | 96 | #5,307 |
| 1990s | 252 | #3,221 |
| 2000s | 511 | #2,436 |
| 2010s | 875 | #1,925 |
| 2020s | 403 | #2,362 |
Girl names about as popular as Emeline
Questions
- Is Emeline a boy or girl name?
- Emeline is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Emeline were girls.
- How popular is the name Emeline?
- 62 baby girls were named Emeline in the US in 2025, making it the 2751st most popular girl name.
- When was Emeline most popular?
- Emeline peaked in 2016, when 104 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #476 in 1886.
- How many people are named Emeline?
- 3,612 babies have been named Emeline in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,397 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 16.
- Where is Emeline most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Emeline 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.