Emmeline
Girl · EM-e-leen · Germanic
Emmeline is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “work”. In 2025 it ranked 478th for girls in the UK (92 babies) and 922nd for girls in the US (284 babies).
What does Emmeline mean?
Germanic: Germanic, via Norman French
“work”
Norman name from a Germanic root; borne by Emmeline Pankhurst, leader of the British suffragette movement.
- Say it
- EM-e-leen
More on Wiktionary.
Is Emmeline a girl's or a boy's name?
Emmeline is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 92 girls in the UK and 284 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Emmeline in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #478among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 92about 1 in 3,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 92 girls in the UK were named Emmeline, making it the 478th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 348th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 197 girls.
Half of all the girls named Emmeline in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 97 girls in the UK were given Emmeline or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #457, up from #478 for this spelling alone.
- Emmeline 92
- Emeline 5
Among girls in 2025, it was 436th in England and Wales.
Emmeline in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 92 | #478 |
| 2024 | 92 | #484 |
| 2023 | 109 | #423 |
| 2022 | 127 | #378 |
| 2021 | 153 | #342 |
| 2020 | 140 | #348 |
| 2019 | 172 | #306 |
| 2018 | 197 | #275 |
| 2017 | 140 | #363 |
| 2016 | 116 | #426 |
| 2015 | 123 | #413 |
| 2014 | 101 | #478 |
| 2013 | 97 | #476 |
| 2012 | 78 | #597 |
| 2011 | 50 | #798 |
| 2010 | 44 | #872 |
| 2009 | 39 | #927 |
| 2008 | 31 | #1,064 |
| 2007 | 22 | #1,327 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,764 |
| 2005 | 15 | #1,608 |
| 2004 | 15 | #1,561 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,649 |
| 2002 | 16 | #1,333 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,637 |
| 2000 | 13 | #1,502 |
| 1999 | 20 | #1,103 |
| 1998 | 15 | #1,350 |
| 1997 | 21 | #1,053 |
| 1996 | 18 | #1,122 |
How popular is Emmeline in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #922among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 284about 1 in 5,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 284 girls in the US were named Emmeline, making it the 922nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 864th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 370 girls. It first appears in the records in 1888.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the girls named Emmeline in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 359 girls in the US were given Emmeline or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #758, up from #922 for this spelling alone.
Emmeline in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 284 | #922 |
| 2024 | 281 | #938 |
| 2023 | 276 | #949 |
| 2022 | 270 | #981 |
| 2021 | 307 | #884 |
| 2020 | 311 | #864 |
| 2019 | 359 | #774 |
| 2018 | 347 | #786 |
| 2017 | 370 | #753 |
| 2016 | 361 | #788 |
| 2015 | 347 | #810 |
| 2014 | 302 | #898 |
| 2013 | 246 | #1,015 |
| 2012 | 230 | #1,080 |
| 2011 | 160 | #1,418 |
| 2010 | 140 | #1,569 |
| 2009 | 125 | #1,742 |
| 2008 | 94 | #2,137 |
| 2007 | 61 | #2,930 |
| 2006 | 58 | #2,939 |
| 2005 | 51 | #3,077 |
| 2004 | 46 | #3,261 |
| 2003 | 71 | #2,343 |
| 2002 | 74 | #2,225 |
| 2001 | 58 | #2,596 |
| 2000 | 56 | #2,628 |
| 1999 | 50 | #2,734 |
| 1998 | 44 | #2,926 |
| 1997 | 31 | #3,623 |
| 1996 | 33 | #3,424 |
| 1995 | 30 | #3,580 |
| 1994 | 33 | #3,367 |
| 1993 | 38 | #3,047 |
| 1992 | 41 | #2,864 |
| 1991 | 25 | #4,053 |
| 1990 | 29 | #3,618 |
| 1989 | 32 | #3,247 |
| 1988 | 24 | #3,800 |
| 1987 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,185 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 17 | #4,346 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,531 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,852 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,189 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,557 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,224 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,392 |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,193 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,559 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,304 |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,027 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,307 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,375 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,778 |
| 1921 | 22 | #1,867 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,596 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,639 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,518 |
| 1917 | 9 | #3,090 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,497 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,882 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,883 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,977 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,463 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,951 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
| 1904 | 9 | #1,250 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,678 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,560 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 6 | #1,352 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,276 |
Nicknames for Emmeline
- Emmy 132 girls in the UK in 2025
- Em
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