Emmaleigh
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EM-uh-lee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,409 for girls
Emmaleigh is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “whole + meadow”. In 2025 it ranked 5,409th for girls in the US (23 babies).
What does Emmaleigh mean?
Modern: blend of Emma and Leigh
“whole + meadow”
Is Emmaleigh a girl's or a boy's name?
Emmaleigh is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Emmaleigh in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,409th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 23 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 61% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 23 girls in the US were named Emmaleigh, making it the 5,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,682nd. Its busiest year was 2010, with 143 girls. It first appears in the records in 1986.
2025 had fewer girls named Emmaleigh than any year since 1994.
Half of all the girls named Emmaleigh in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 701 girls in the US were given Emmaleigh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #454, up from #5,409 for this spelling alone.
Emmaleigh in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #5,409 |
| 2024 | 29 | #4,667 |
| 2023 | 36 | #4,045 |
| 2022 | 27 | #4,904 |
| 2021 | 38 | #3,881 |
| 2020 | 62 | #2,682 |
| 2019 | 64 | #2,681 |
| 2018 | 99 | #1,978 |
| 2017 | 124 | #1,716 |
| 2016 | 90 | #2,149 |
| 2015 | 96 | #2,039 |
| 2014 | 104 | #1,922 |
| 2013 | 112 | #1,814 |
| 2012 | 115 | #1,782 |
| 2011 | 134 | #1,612 |
| 2010 | 143 | #1,556 |
| 2009 | 117 | #1,830 |
| 2008 | 122 | #1,789 |
| 2007 | 124 | #1,744 |
| 2006 | 106 | #1,905 |
| 2005 | 118 | #1,680 |
| 2004 | 111 | #1,733 |
| 2003 | 98 | #1,873 |
| 2002 | 67 | #2,376 |
| 2001 | 62 | #2,483 |
| 2000 | 57 | #2,589 |
| 1999 | 45 | #2,932 |
| 1998 | 37 | #3,298 |
| 1997 | 34 | #3,362 |
| 1996 | 35 | #3,297 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,212 |
| 1994 | 21 | #4,682 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,667 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,477 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
Nicknames for Emmaleigh
Names like Emmaleigh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emerson, Emery, Zariah, Emberly, Kaliyah, Addison, Nevaeh, Elliott, Jazlyn, Ellie, Camila, Miley
Other spellings of Emmaleigh
Emely, Emeli, Emelie, Emmely, Emelly, Emaleigh, Emileigh, Emiley
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Jax, Indie, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn, Ailani
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, “Emmaleigh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/emmaleigh, updated 20 October 2026.