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Emily
Pronounced /ˈɛm.ə.li/
Rank in 2024
#25
Born in 2024
5,955
Peak year
1999 · #1
Origin
Latin
Also recorded for boys:10 in 2024 (#8,120)
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 5,955 girls were named Emily, about 1 in every 271.
- It peaked in 1999 with 26,542 babies, ranked #1.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 890,970 girls have been named Emily since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Emily per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 1.9Greatest1901–27
- 1.1Silent1928–45
- 0.7Boomers1946–64
- 2.4Gen X1965–80
- 10.0Millennials1981–96
- 11.9Gen Z1997–12
- 5.3Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 38,617 babies, 1.89 per 1,000. Silent: 22,696 babies, 1.10 per 1,000. Boomers: 24,162 babies, 0.67 per 1,000. Gen X: 62,489 babies, 2.45 per 1,000. Millennials: 281,563 babies, 9.97 per 1,000. Gen Z: 344,442 babies, 11.86 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 107,531 babies, 5.29 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
English form of Latin Aemilia, a gens name from aemulus (“rival, emulator”).
- A female given name from Latin.
- Origin
- Latin
- Say it
- /ˈɛm.ə.li/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Emily, CC BY-SA 4.0.