Emelin
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EM-eh-leen
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Emelin is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “work”. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Emelin mean?
Germanic: variant of Emmeline, via Norman French
“work”
Emmeline was brought to England by the Normans; Emmeline Pankhurst led the British suffragette movement.
Is Emelin a girl's or a boy's name?
Emelin is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Emelin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,489th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 133% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Emelin, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 62 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the girls named Emelin in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Emelin in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 23 | #5,642 |
| 2012 | 27 | #5,112 |
| 2011 | 27 | #5,061 |
| 2010 | 36 | #4,106 |
| 2009 | 50 | #3,297 |
| 2008 | 54 | #3,119 |
| 2007 | 56 | #3,096 |
| 2006 | 62 | #2,815 |
| 2005 | 48 | #3,208 |
| 2004 | 57 | #2,804 |
| 2003 | 51 | #2,953 |
| 2002 | 39 | #3,457 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,786 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,359 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,014 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
Nicknames for Emelin
- Em
- Emmy 132 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Emelin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emerson, Emery, Addison, Avery, Madison, Emma, Emmeline, Ellie, Amelie, Yoselin, Ellison, Alina
Names related to Emelin
Emelyn, Emeline, Emaline, Emelina, Emmelyn, Emmalin, Emelynn
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Alice
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Emelin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/emelin, updated 20 October 2026.