Emelyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EM-eh-lin
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,298 for girls
Emelyn is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 2,298th for girls in the US (79 babies).
What does Emelyn mean?
Germanic: variant of Emmeline, or a blend of Emily and Lynn
Emmeline Pankhurst led the campaign for women's right to vote in Britain.
Is Emelyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Emelyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 79 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Emelyn in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Emelyn, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 8 girls.
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were given Emelyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,607, up from #3,776 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Emelyn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
How popular is Emelyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,298th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 79 about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 79 girls in the US were named Emelyn, making it the 2,298th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,156th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 129 girls. It first appears in the records in 1913.
Half of all the girls named Emelyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 453 girls in the US were given Emelyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #642, up from #2,298 for this spelling alone.
Emelyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 79 | #2,298 |
| 2024 | 70 | #2,533 |
| 2023 | 90 | #2,124 |
| 2022 | 70 | #2,530 |
| 2021 | 88 | #2,131 |
| 2020 | 84 | #2,156 |
| 2019 | 106 | #1,888 |
| 2018 | 99 | #1,978 |
| 2017 | 107 | #1,889 |
| 2016 | 96 | #2,054 |
| 2015 | 107 | #1,894 |
| 2014 | 118 | #1,757 |
| 2013 | 129 | #1,646 |
| 2012 | 109 | #1,846 |
| 2011 | 110 | #1,829 |
| 2010 | 99 | #2,010 |
| 2009 | 109 | #1,914 |
| 2008 | 102 | #2,032 |
| 2007 | 74 | #2,509 |
| 2006 | 91 | #2,127 |
| 2005 | 77 | #2,312 |
| 2004 | 78 | #2,237 |
| 2003 | 72 | #2,318 |
| 2002 | 58 | #2,639 |
| 2001 | 54 | #2,736 |
| 2000 | 42 | #3,212 |
| 1999 | 36 | #3,440 |
| 1998 | 28 | #4,020 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 30 | #3,627 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,672 |
| 1994 | 28 | #3,785 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,820 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,672 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,202 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,434 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,027 |
| 1924 | 10 | #3,143 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,465 |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,007 |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,021 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,217 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,551 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,415 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,187 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,185 |
Nicknames for Emelyn
- Em
Names like Emelyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elodie, Amelie, Emilia, Evelyn, Willow, Harper, Emmeline, Avery, Delilah, Eliana, Fatima, Alina
Other spellings of Emelyn
Emmelyn, Emmalyn, Emilyn, Emalyn, Emalynn, Emilynn, Emmilyn, Emelynn, Emmalin
Names related to Emelyn
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Emelyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/emelyn, updated 20 October 2026.