Emilly Girl
How popular is Emilly?
#2,859 girl name in 2025
59 baby girls were named Emilly in the US in 2025, making it the 2859th most popular girl name.
Emilly popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,859 for girls (▲ 963 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 59 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+59% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,988 in 2015, #5,846 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2003 (69 girls) |
| Highest rank | #2,390 in 2003 |
| First recorded | 1975 |
| 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 |
Emilly 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 Emilly is most popular
Babies named Emilly per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Massachusetts: 0.2 per 1,000 (25 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (15 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Emilly by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 27 | #6,890 |
| 1980s | 61 | #6,369 |
| 1990s | 272 | #3,232 |
| 2000s | 603 | #2,390 |
| 2010s | 321 | #3,202 |
| 2020s | 178 | #2,859 |
Girl names about as popular as Emilly
Questions
- Is Emilly a boy or girl name?
- Emilly is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Emilly were girls.
- How popular is the name Emilly?
- 59 baby girls were named Emilly in the US in 2025, making it the 2859th most popular girl name.
- When was Emilly most popular?
- Emilly peaked in 2003, when 69 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,390 in 2003.
- How many people are named Emilly?
- 1,462 babies have been named Emilly in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,447 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 20.
- Where is Emilly most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Emilly was most common in Massachusetts, at 0.2 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.