Emmalee
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EM-a-lee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #3,295 for girls
Emmalee is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “whole + meadow”. In 2025 it ranked 3,295th for girls in the US (47 babies).
What does Emmalee mean?
Modern: blend of Emma and Lee
“whole + meadow”
Combines Emma, from Germanic ermen 'whole', with Lee, from Old English leah 'clearing, meadow'.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Emmalee a girl's or a boy's name?
Emmalee is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 47 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Emmalee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,295th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 47 about 1 in 34,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 47 girls in the US were named Emmalee, making it the 3,295th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,654th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 441 girls. It first appears in the records in 1909.
2025 had fewer girls named Emmalee than any year since 1987.
Half of all the girls named Emmalee in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 5,910 girls in the US were given Emmalee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #38, up from #3,295 for this spelling alone.
Emmalee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | #3,295 |
| 2024 | 61 | #2,775 |
| 2023 | 108 | #1,850 |
| 2022 | 102 | #1,942 |
| 2021 | 109 | #1,841 |
| 2020 | 124 | #1,654 |
| 2019 | 156 | #1,429 |
| 2018 | 175 | #1,299 |
| 2017 | 230 | #1,098 |
| 2016 | 262 | #1,010 |
| 2015 | 278 | #972 |
| 2014 | 322 | #855 |
| 2013 | 355 | #768 |
| 2012 | 335 | #801 |
| 2011 | 383 | #722 |
| 2010 | 350 | #786 |
| 2009 | 394 | #734 |
| 2008 | 399 | #742 |
| 2007 | 372 | #777 |
| 2006 | 410 | #690 |
| 2005 | 441 | #634 |
| 2004 | 423 | #648 |
| 2003 | 393 | #673 |
| 2002 | 281 | #830 |
| 2001 | 251 | #902 |
| 2000 | 232 | #926 |
| 1999 | 245 | #876 |
| 1998 | 183 | #1,064 |
| 1997 | 183 | #1,039 |
| 1996 | 140 | #1,244 |
| 1995 | 143 | #1,194 |
| 1994 | 116 | #1,391 |
| 1993 | 102 | #1,527 |
| 1992 | 88 | #1,700 |
| 1991 | 71 | #1,952 |
| 1990 | 69 | #1,970 |
| 1989 | 58 | #2,114 |
| 1988 | 52 | #2,182 |
| 1987 | 47 | #2,274 |
| 1986 | 32 | #2,902 |
| 1985 | 42 | #2,361 |
| 1984 | 32 | #2,780 |
| 1983 | 29 | #2,909 |
| 1982 | 27 | #3,171 |
| 1981 | 21 | #3,738 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,543 |
| 1979 | 26 | #3,147 |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,459 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 11 | #3,033 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,800 |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,952 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,861 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,845 |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,145 |
| 1936 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,924 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,495 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,680 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,873 |
| 1926 | 14 | #2,473 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,616 |
| 1924 | 10 | #3,143 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,916 |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,007 |
| 1921 | 10 | #3,163 |
| 1920 | 10 | #3,097 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,812 |
| 1918 | 10 | #3,023 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,081 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,899 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,187 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,825 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,980 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,763 |
Nicknames for Emmalee
- Emma 609 girls in the UK in 2025
- Em
Names like Emmalee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emely, Emery, Ellie, Emerson, Elle, Emmeline, Annalee, Addison, Chloe, Madison, Kaylee, Avery
Other spellings of Emmalee
Emily, Emilie, Emilee, Emilly, Emili, Emalee, Emmily, Emillie, Emmaly
Names related to Emmalee
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Emmalee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/emmalee, updated 20 October 2026.