Emelyn Girl
How popular is Emelyn?
#2,298 girl name in 2025
79 baby girls were named Emelyn in the US in 2025, making it the 2298th most popular girl name.
Emelyn popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,298 for girls (▲ 235 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 79 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-26% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,894 in 2015, #2,156 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2013 (129 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,646 in 2013 |
| First recorded | 1913 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Emelyn 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 Emelyn is most popular
Babies named Emelyn per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Tennessee: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Maryland: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (39 girls)
- Minnesota: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (36 girls)
Emelyn by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 51 | #2,551 |
| 1920s | 67 | #2,465 |
| 1930s | 10 | #4,202 |
| 1940s | 16 | #4,347 |
| 1960s | 17 | #5,695 |
| 1970s | 26 | #6,664 |
| 1980s | 62 | #7,407 |
| 1990s | 216 | #3,440 |
| 2000s | 757 | #1,914 |
| 2010s | 1,080 | #1,646 |
| 2020s | 481 | #2,124 |
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Questions
- Is Emelyn a boy or girl name?
- Emelyn is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Emelyn were girls.
- How popular is the name Emelyn?
- 79 baby girls were named Emelyn in the US in 2025, making it the 2298th most popular girl name.
- When was Emelyn most popular?
- Emelyn peaked in 2013, when 129 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,646 in 2013.
- How many people are named Emelyn?
- 2,783 babies have been named Emelyn in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,632 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Emelyn most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Emelyn was most common in Tennessee, at 0.1 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.