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Emely

Girl · EM-eh-lee · Latin

Emely is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “rival”. In 2025 it ranked 503rd for girls in the US (590 babies).

What does Emely mean?

Latin: spelling of Emily, from Latin Aemilia

“rival”

Emily Dickinson wrote nearly 1,800 poems, most of them published only after her death.

Say it
EM-eh-lee

Is Emely a girl's or a boy's name?

Emely is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 590 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Emely in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 5 girls.

Half of all the girls named Emely in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

2000Busiest: 5 in 20112024
Emely in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20243#5,966
20235#4,251
20220–
20214#4,864
20200–
20194#4,904
20185#4,204
20170–
20161#7,664
20155#4,294
20145#4,187
20130–
20125#4,390
20115#4,244
20104#4,931
20090–
20080–
20070–
20064#4,357
20050–
20040–
20033#4,560
20020–
20010–
20004#3,399

How popular is Emely in the US?

Rank in 2025
#503among girls
Babies in 2025
590about 1 in 2,700 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 4% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 590 girls in the US were named Emely, making it the 503rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 523rd. Its busiest year was 2008, with 1,092 girls. It first appears in the records in 1912.

Half of all the girls named Emely in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 701 girls in the US were given Emely or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #454, up from #503 for this spelling alone.

1912Busiest: 1,092 in 20082025
Emely in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025590#503
2024723#427
2023729#423
2022702#446
2021584#528
2020578#523
2019741#431
2018649#484
2017743#428
2016650#481
2015733#431
2014768#417
2013727#417
2012785#395
2011867#369
2010998#319
20091,042#315
20081,092#306
20071,025#325
20061,068#309
20051,079#298
20041,006#315
2003855#357
2002745#394
2001709#409
2000597#464
1999518#504
1998412#586
1997332#662
1996355#630
1995256#777
1994146#1,201
1993158#1,127
1992101#1,534
199194#1,603
199068#1,984
198962#2,022
198842#2,534
198757#1,961
198648#2,169
198533#2,803
198426#3,232
198326#3,150
198236#2,581
198119#4,004
198019#3,991
197923#3,442
197814#4,679
197715#4,424
197624#3,001
197523#3,052
197413#4,458
197310#5,189
197213#4,299
19718#6,004
19708#5,817
19696#6,615
19688#5,146
19675#6,803
19660–
19658#4,830
19645#6,766
19638#4,895
19620–
19610–
19608#4,772
19596#5,565
19580–
19570–
19560–
19558#4,375
19540–
19530–
19520–
19515#5,413
19500–
19490–
19480–
19470–
19460–
19450–
19440–
19430–
19420–
19410–
19400–
19390–
19386#3,845
19370–
19365#4,179
19350–
19340–
19330–
19327#3,566
19310–
19300–
19290–
19280–
19270–
19260–
19255#4,971
19245#5,059
19230–
19220–
19215#5,097
19205#4,973
19190–
19180–
19170–
19165#4,415
19155#4,272
19140–
19130–
19125#2,977

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