Emory Boy & girl
How popular is Emory?
#339 girl name in 2025
899 baby girls were named Emory in the US in 2025, making it the 339th most popular girl name. Another 269 boys got the name (#883 for boys).
Emory popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #339 for girls (▼ 6 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 899 girls, 269 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+97% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #626 in 2015, #446 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (940 girls) |
| Highest rank | #333 in 2024 |
| First recorded | 1915 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 29% boys, 71% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.8% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Emory counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Emory family of names ranked #285 for girls in 2025 (#289 the year before), with 1,145 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Emory | 899 | 79% |
| Emori | 135 | 12% |
| Emorie | 73 | 6% |
| Emoree | 18 | 2% |
| Emmory | 12 | 1% |
| Emmori | 8 | 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 Emory is most popular
Babies named Emory per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Alabama: 1.8 per 1,000 (173 girls)
- Mississippi: 1.8 per 1,000 (86 girls)
- West Virginia: 1.7 per 1,000 (45 girls)
- Tennessee: 1.6 per 1,000 (246 girls)
- South Carolina: 1.5 per 1,000 (134 girls)
Emory by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 21 | #3,003 |
| 1920s | 41 | #3,162 |
| 1930s | 29 | #3,656 |
| 1940s | 24 | #3,492 |
| 1950s | 16 | #5,207 |
| 1960s | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1970s | 11 | #8,442 |
| 1980s | 73 | #5,898 |
| 1990s | 375 | #2,202 |
| 2000s | 1,309 | #1,027 |
| 2010s | 4,182 | #476 |
| 2020s | 4,706 | #333 |
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Questions
- Is Emory a boy or girl name?
- Emory is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 29% of babies named Emory were boys and 71% were girls.
- How popular is the name Emory?
- 899 baby girls were named Emory in the US in 2025, making it the 339th most popular girl name. Another 269 boys got the name (#883 for boys).
- When was Emory most popular?
- Emory peaked in 2024, when 940 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #333 in 2024.
- How many people are named Emory?
- 29,762 babies have been named Emory in the US since 1880. We estimate about 20,878 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Emory most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Emory was most common in Alabama, at 1.8 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.