Emery Girl
How popular is Emery?
#74 girl name in 2025
3,208 baby girls were named Emery in the US in 2025, making it the 74th most popular girl name. Another 305 boys got the name (#814 for boys).
Emery popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #74 for girls (▼ 4 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 3,208 girls, 305 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+32% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #134 in 2015, #89 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (3,208 girls) |
| Highest rank | #70 in 2023 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1906 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 10% boys, 90% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Emery counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Emery family of names ranked #76 for girls in 2025 (#74 the year before), with 3,999 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Emery | 3,208 | 80% |
| Emerie | 548 | 14% |
| Emeri | 147 | 4% |
| Emmery | 51 | 1% |
| Emmerie | 23 | 1% |
| Emeree | 15 | 0% |
| Emerey | 7 | 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 Emery is most popular
Babies named Emery per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Montana: 6.8 per 1,000 (92 girls)
- South Dakota: 6.6 per 1,000 (94 girls)
- Wyoming: 6.3 per 1,000 (27 girls)
- North Dakota: 5.1 per 1,000 (67 girls)
- Mississippi: 4.3 per 1,000 (203 girls)
Emery by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,951 |
| 1910s | 11 | #4,289 |
| 1920s | 46 | #3,970 |
| 1930s | 12 | #3,780 |
| 1940s | 10 | #4,620 |
| 1950s | 14 | #4,201 |
| 1960s | 12 | #5,167 |
| 1970s | 55 | #4,458 |
| 1980s | 172 | #3,667 |
| 1990s | 571 | #1,546 |
| 2000s | 3,550 | #337 |
| 2010s | 20,971 | #93 |
| 2020s | 18,408 | #70 |
Girl names about as popular as Emery
Questions
- Is Emery a boy or girl name?
- Emery is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 90% of babies named Emery were girls.
- How popular is the name Emery?
- 3,208 baby girls were named Emery in the US in 2025, making it the 74th most popular girl name. Another 305 boys got the name (#814 for boys).
- When was Emery most popular?
- Emery peaked in 2025, when 3,208 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #70, held for 2 years starting in 2023.
- How many people are named Emery?
- 64,249 babies have been named Emery in the US since 1880. We estimate about 55,325 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
- Where is Emery most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Emery was most common in Montana, at 6.8 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.