Emalee
Girl · EM-a-lee · Modern
Emalee is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “whole + meadow”. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Emalee mean?
Modern: spelling of Emmalee; blend of Emma and Lee
“whole + meadow”
Combines Emma, from Germanic ermen 'whole', with Lee, from Old English leah 'clearing, meadow'.
- Say it
- EM-a-lee
Meaning borrowed from Emmalee. More on Wiktionary.
Is Emalee a girl's or a boy's name?
Emalee is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Emalee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 64% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Emalee, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,546th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 236 girls. It first appears in the records in 1918.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Emalee than any year since 1983.
Half of all the girls named Emalee in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 5,910 girls in the US were given Emalee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #38, up from #7,883 for this spelling alone.
Emalee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 25 | #5,169 |
| 2021 | 34 | #4,163 |
| 2020 | 29 | #4,546 |
| 2019 | 53 | #3,043 |
| 2018 | 57 | #2,904 |
| 2017 | 67 | #2,597 |
| 2016 | 79 | #2,366 |
| 2015 | 110 | #1,861 |
| 2014 | 110 | #1,838 |
| 2013 | 115 | #1,775 |
| 2012 | 110 | #1,831 |
| 2011 | 108 | #1,857 |
| 2010 | 135 | #1,603 |
| 2009 | 150 | #1,516 |
| 2008 | 161 | #1,461 |
| 2007 | 155 | #1,489 |
| 2006 | 187 | #1,278 |
| 2005 | 236 | #1,027 |
| 2004 | 186 | #1,200 |
| 2003 | 205 | #1,078 |
| 2002 | 147 | #1,322 |
| 2001 | 155 | #1,265 |
| 2000 | 120 | #1,516 |
| 1999 | 126 | #1,396 |
| 1998 | 91 | #1,732 |
| 1997 | 91 | #1,705 |
| 1996 | 84 | #1,765 |
| 1995 | 73 | #1,895 |
| 1994 | 67 | #2,054 |
| 1993 | 74 | #1,894 |
| 1992 | 59 | #2,234 |
| 1991 | 50 | #2,478 |
| 1990 | 41 | #2,794 |
| 1989 | 34 | #3,098 |
| 1988 | 39 | #2,695 |
| 1987 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,344 |
| 1985 | 17 | #4,453 |
| 1984 | 14 | #4,965 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,762 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,432 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,633 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
Nicknames for Emalee
- Emma 609 girls in the UK in 2025
- Em
Names like Emalee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaylee Emely Kylie Mackenzie Ellie Madison Emery Emerson Elle Addison Chloe Jaycee
Other spellings of Emalee
Emily Emilie Emilee Emilly Emmalee Emili Emmily Emillie Emmaly
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