Emi Girl
How popular is Emi?
#881 girl name in 2025
303 baby girls were named Emi in the US in 2025, making it the 881st most popular girl name.
Emi popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #881 for girls (▲ 114 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 303 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+80% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,396 in 2015, #1,357 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (303 girls) |
| Highest rank | #881 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1916 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Emi counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Emmy family of names ranked #209 for girls in 2025 (#220 the year before), with 1,608 babies in all.
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 Emi is most popular
Babies named Emi per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Hawaii: 4.2 per 1,000 (48 girls)
- California: 0.4 per 1,000 (331 girls)
- Washington: 0.3 per 1,000 (48 girls)
- Arizona: 0.2 per 1,000 (29 girls)
- Nevada: 0.2 per 1,000 (7 girls)
Emi by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 16 | #3,917 |
| 1920s | 37 | #3,361 |
| 1930s | 10 | #4,216 |
| 1940s | 10 | #4,347 |
| 1950s | 19 | #4,519 |
| 1960s | 48 | #4,201 |
| 1970s | 141 | #3,062 |
| 1980s | 257 | #2,440 |
| 1990s | 279 | #3,045 |
| 2000s | 706 | #1,914 |
| 2010s | 1,523 | #1,221 |
| 2020s | 1,314 | #881 |
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Questions
- Is Emi a boy or girl name?
- Emi is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Emi were girls.
- How popular is the name Emi?
- 303 baby girls were named Emi in the US in 2025, making it the 881st most popular girl name.
- When was Emi most popular?
- Emi peaked in 2025, when 303 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #881 in 2025.
- How many people are named Emi?
- 4,360 babies have been named Emi in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,251 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Emi most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Emi was most common in Hawaii, at 4.2 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.