How popular is “Emily” in the USA?
Number of people named “Emily” by birth year
This chart shows how many people named “Emily” were born each year.
Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.
Popularity of “Emily” by birth year
This chart shows how the popularity of “Emily” has changed over time.
Popularity is the number of people named “Emily” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.
Bias in sex for “Emily” by birth year
This chart shows how “Emily” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).
Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.
The raw data
This table shows the data used in the above charts.
| Year | Count | Proportion | Females | Males | Bias toward female |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 210 | 0.001042266 | 210 | 100% | |
| 1881 | 244 | 0.001266296 | 244 | 100% | |
| 1882 | 272 | 0.001227808 | 272 | 100% | |
| 1883 | 342 | 0.001576429 | 342 | 100% | |
| 1884 | 364 | 0.001495106 | 364 | 100% | |
| 1885 | 346 | 0.001436555 | 346 | 100% | |
| 1886 | 369 | 0.001445268 | 369 | 100% | |
| 1887 | 335 | 0.001354126 | 335 | 100% | |
| 1888 | 457 | 0.001526009 | 457 | 100% | |
| 1889 | 429 | 0.001484707 | 429 | 100% | |
| 1890 | 509 | 0.00168878 | 509 | 100% | |
| 1891 | 444 | 0.001548803 | 444 | 100% | |
| 1892 | 518 | 0.001549163 | 518 | 100% | |
| 1893 | 506 | 0.001555856 | 506 | 100% | |
| 1894 | 551 | 0.001626856 | 551 | 100% | |
| 1895 | 605 | 0.001723549 | 605 | 100% | |
| 1896 | 532 | 0.001488179 | 527 | 5 | 98% |
| 1897 | 619 | 0.001784083 | 619 | 100% | |
| 1898 | 628 | 0.001646328 | 628 | 100% | |
| 1899 | 569 | 0.001677308 | 569 | 100% | |
| 1900 | 626 | 0.001390314 | 626 | 100% | |
| 1901 | 537 | 0.001552867 | 537 | 100% | |
| 1902 | 606 | 0.001566973 | 606 | 100% | |
| 1903 | 558 | 0.001463799 | 558 | 100% | |
| 1904 | 599 | 0.001484566 | 599 | 100% | |
| 1905 | 683 | 0.001611145 | 683 | 100% | |
| 1906 | 619 | 0.001444739 | 619 | 100% | |
| 1907 | 714 | 0.001534197 | 714 | 100% | |
| 1908 | 732 | 0.001498008 | 732 | 100% | |
| 1909 | 749 | 0.001465111 | 749 | 100% | |
| 1910 | 785 | 0.001328907 | 785 | 100% | |
| 1911 | 909 | 0.001410882 | 909 | 100% | |
| 1912 | 1153 | 0.001166931 | 1147 | 6 | 99% |
| 1913 | 1386 | 0.001218879 | 1386 | 100% | |
| 1914 | 1650 | 0.001164971 | 1650 | 100% | |
| 1915 | 2091 | 0.00114111 | 2091 | 100% | |
| 1916 | 2218 | 0.001146599 | 2213 | 5 | 100% |
| 1917 | 2220 | 0.001106266 | 2220 | 100% | |
| 1918 | 2361 | 0.001087462 | 2361 | 100% | |
| 1919 | 2313 | 0.001096081 | 2307 | 6 | 99% |
| 1920 | 2175 | 0.000961265 | 2168 | 7 | 99% |
| 1921 | 2190 | 0.0009381 | 2184 | 6 | 99% |
| 1922 | 2146 | 0.000937463 | 2146 | 100% | |
| 1923 | 2062 | 0.000895556 | 2057 | 5 | 100% |
| 1924 | 2051 | 0.000861182 | 2044 | 7 | 99% |
| 1925 | 1772 | 0.000759439 | 1767 | 5 | 99% |
| 1926 | 1735 | 0.000755693 | 1729 | 6 | 99% |
| 1927 | 1667 | 0.000718733 | 1656 | 11 | 99% |
| 1928 | 1559 | 0.000689537 | 1559 | 100% | |
| 1929 | 1450 | 0.000661448 | 1444 | 6 | 99% |
| 1930 | 1354 | 0.000609008 | 1344 | 10 | 99% |
| 1931 | 1194 | 0.000567386 | 1186 | 8 | 99% |
| 1932 | 1155 | 0.000547059 | 1147 | 8 | 99% |
| 1933 | 1062 | 0.000531147 | 1062 | 100% | |
| 1934 | 1067 | 0.000513767 | 1067 | 100% | |
| 1935 | 1094 | 0.00052347 | 1094 | 100% | |
| 1936 | 1130 | 0.000543903 | 1123 | 7 | 99% |
| 1937 | 1298 | 0.000609198 | 1293 | 5 | 99% |
| 1938 | 1315 | 0.00059433 | 1308 | 7 | 99% |
| 1939 | 1300 | 0.000589986 | 1292 | 8 | 99% |
| 1940 | 1274 | 0.000553267 | 1269 | 5 | 99% |
| 1941 | 1377 | 0.000565172 | 1368 | 9 | 99% |
| 1942 | 1426 | 0.000521997 | 1419 | 7 | 99% |
| 1943 | 1336 | 0.000473329 | 1336 | 100% | |
| 1944 | 1251 | 0.000465042 | 1251 | 100% | |
| 1945 | 1141 | 0.000430094 | 1134 | 7 | 99% |
| 1946 | 1384 | 0.000433135 | 1379 | 5 | 99% |
| 1947 | 1470 | 0.00040807 | 1470 | 100% | |
| 1948 | 1391 | 0.000402894 | 1391 | 100% | |
| 1949 | 1392 | 0.000399452 | 1392 | 100% | |
| 1950 | 1323 | 0.000377638 | 1316 | 7 | 99% |
| 1951 | 1287 | 0.000349373 | 1287 | 100% | |
| 1952 | 1392 | 0.000366508 | 1392 | 100% | |
| 1953 | 1325 | 0.00034383 | 1325 | 100% | |
| 1954 | 1342 | 0.000337126 | 1342 | 100% | |
| 1955 | 1303 | 0.000324527 | 1303 | 100% | |
| 1956 | 1289 | 0.000312634 | 1282 | 7 | 99% |
| 1957 | 1207 | 0.000287234 | 1207 | 100% | |
| 1958 | 1172 | 0.000283509 | 1172 | 100% | |
| 1959 | 1214 | 0.000291968 | 1214 | 100% | |
| 1960 | 1226 | 0.00029515 | 1226 | 100% | |
| 1961 | 1146 | 0.000276658 | 1146 | 100% | |
| 1962 | 1079 | 0.000267386 | 1079 | 100% | |
| 1963 | 1108 | 0.000279925 | 1108 | 100% | |
| 1964 | 1131 | 0.000290925 | 1131 | 100% | |
| 1965 | 1288 | 0.000355266 | 1288 | 100% | |
| 1966 | 1249 | 0.000359357 | 1249 | 100% | |
| 1967 | 1210 | 0.000356417 | 1205 | 5 | 99% |
| 1968 | 1326 | 0.000392492 | 1326 | 100% | |
| 1969 | 1576 | 0.000453483 | 1576 | 100% | |
| 1970 | 1937 | 0.000537084 | 1931 | 6 | 99% |
| 1971 | 1866 | 0.00054365 | 1866 | 100% | |
| 1972 | 2344 | 0.000745786 | 2334 | 10 | 99% |
| 1973 | 3040 | 0.001007661 | 3027 | 13 | 99% |
| 1974 | 4348 | 0.001430264 | 4330 | 18 | 99% |
| 1975 | 5499 | 0.001821226 | 5483 | 16 | 99% |
| 1976 | 5569 | 0.001835349 | 5549 | 20 | 99% |
| 1977 | 6896 | 0.002170947 | 6879 | 17 | 100% |
| 1978 | 7494 | 0.002361155 | 7473 | 21 | 99% |
| 1979 | 7998 | 0.002403968 | 7971 | 27 | 99% |
| 1980 | 9035 | 0.002623018 | 9002 | 33 | 99% |
| 1981 | 10847 | 0.003135537 | 10799 | 48 | 99% |
| 1982 | 12576 | 0.003584987 | 12521 | 55 | 99% |
| 1983 | 12421 | 0.003586423 | 12377 | 44 | 99% |
| 1984 | 12839 | 0.003680109 | 12786 | 53 | 99% |
| 1985 | 13190 | 0.003695599 | 13143 | 47 | 99% |
| 1986 | 13293 | 0.003737056 | 13236 | 57 | 99% |
| 1987 | 14762 | 0.004094171 | 14711 | 51 | 99% |
| 1988 | 15928 | 0.00431064 | 15871 | 57 | 99% |
| 1989 | 17406 | 0.004527569 | 17324 | 82 | 99% |
| 1990 | 19421 | 0.004913626 | 19368 | 53 | 99% |
| 1991 | 20345 | 0.005223008 | 20311 | 34 | 100% |
| 1992 | 21865 | 0.005692123 | 21834 | 31 | 100% |
| 1993 | 23639 | 0.006269828 | 23596 | 43 | 100% |
| 1994 | 24184 | 0.00650518 | 24153 | 31 | 100% |
| 1995 | 24423 | 0.006669024 | 24383 | 40 | 100% |
| 1996 | 25184 | 0.006905032 | 25150 | 34 | 100% |
| 1997 | 25770 | 0.007107497 | 25735 | 35 | 100% |
| 1998 | 26226 | 0.007130105 | 26188 | 38 | 100% |
| 1999 | 26587 | 0.007197606 | 26542 | 45 | 100% |
| 2000 | 25989 | 0.006875571 | 25959 | 30 | 100% |
| 2001 | 25091 | 0.006702748 | 25059 | 32 | 100% |
| 2002 | 24503 | 0.006554599 | 24469 | 34 | 100% |
| 2003 | 25734 | 0.006767975 | 25693 | 41 | 100% |
| 2004 | 25161 | 0.006585058 | 25041 | 120 | 99% |
| 2005 | 23983 | 0.006237703 | 23950 | 33 | 100% |
| 2006 | 21442 | 0.005419862 | 21411 | 31 | 100% |
| 2007 | 19393 | 0.00485106 | 19366 | 27 | 100% |
| 2008 | 17471 | 0.004444795 | 17445 | 26 | 100% |
| 2009 | 15381 | 0.004026256 | 15362 | 19 | 100% |
| 2010 | 14301 | 0.003869592 | 14281 | 20 | 100% |
| 2011 | 14288 | 0.003906182 | 14277 | 11 | 100% |
| 2012 | 13685 | 0.003741763 | 13664 | 21 | 100% |
| 2013 | 13162 | 0.003610313 | 13142 | 20 | 100% |
| 2014 | 12678 | 0.003420592 | 12667 | 11 | 100% |
| 2015 | 11823 | 0.003194618 | 11806 | 17 | 100% |
| 2016 | 11011 | 0.003001337 | 11004 | 7 | 100% |
| 2017 | 9818 | 0.002745376 | 9813 | 5 | 100% |
| 2018 | 8727 | 0.002482155 | 8716 | 11 | 100% |
| 2019 | 8264 | 0.002380916 | 8256 | 8 | 100% |
| 2020 | 6925 | 0.002072995 | 6914 | 11 | 100% |
| 2021 | 6597 | 0.001947196 | 6591 | 6 | 100% |
| 2022 | 6495 | 0.001919817 | 6495 | 100% | |
| 2023 | 6181 | 0.001866697 | 6172 | 9 | 100% |
| 2024 | 5965 | 0.001792098 | 5955 | 10 | 100% |