Emily
Emily ranks #34 in the United States in 2025, cooling off gently. First recorded 1880, best year 1999, 896,487 bearers across the whole run.
What Emily carries
Emily · Latin
“work (?)”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Emily’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Emily, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Emily since 1880
Emily peaked in 1999 at #1; #34 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Emily is most common
Among the states, Emily takes its largest share in Wyoming, 0.99% of the girls' names recorded there in 2025, with Rhode Island and New Mexico next.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Emily
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Anthony
#46 in 2025 · Latin
Victoria
#54 in 2025 · Latin
Valeria
#162 in 2025 · Latin
Antonio
#176 in 2025 · Latin
Camille
#240 in 2025 · Latin
Luke
#33 in 2025 · Latin
Grace
#38 in 2025 · Latin
Emilia
#45 in 2025 · Latin
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About Emily
Where does Emily rank right now?
Emily ranks #34 in the United States in 2025, cooling off gently. The full curve since 1880 is above, public federal data, redrawn, never estimated.
What is the recorded meaning of Emily?
In our cited reference the recorded gloss is “work (?)”, of Latin origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Is there a sibling name for Emily?
Nearest by the published recipe: Anthony, Victoria and Valeria. The sibling matcher scores every common American name against the ones you already have.
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