Emmelyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EM-eh-lin
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #3,341 for girls
Emmelyn is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,341st for girls in the US (46 babies).
What does Emmelyn mean?
Germanic: spelling of Emelyn, itself a variant of Emmeline, or a blend of Emily and Lynn
Emmeline Pankhurst led the campaign for women's right to vote in Britain.
Meaning borrowed from Emelyn.
Is Emmelyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Emmelyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 46 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Emmelyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,341among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 46about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 46 girls in the US were named Emmelyn, making it the 3,341st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,777th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 51 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
2025 had more girls named Emmelyn than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Emmelyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 453 girls in the US were given Emmelyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #642, up from #3,341 for this spelling alone.
Emmelyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46 | #3,341 |
| 2024 | 27 | #4,890 |
| 2023 | 37 | #3,982 |
| 2022 | 32 | #4,376 |
| 2021 | 27 | #4,829 |
| 2020 | 38 | #3,777 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,922 |
| 2018 | 47 | #3,345 |
| 2017 | 31 | #4,475 |
| 2016 | 40 | #3,777 |
| 2015 | 49 | #3,299 |
| 2014 | 51 | #3,182 |
| 2013 | 35 | #4,154 |
| 2012 | 36 | #4,119 |
| 2011 | 36 | #4,071 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
Nicknames for Emmelyn
- Em
Names like Emmelyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elowyn Emery Emerson Elodie Everly Adalynn Emberlynn Elowen Elliott Emberly Ellowyn Ellison
Other spellings of Emmelyn
Emmalyn Emelyn Emalyn Emilyn Emalynn Emilynn Emmilyn Emelynn Emmalin
Names related to Emmelyn
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles
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, “Emmelyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/emmelyn, updated 20 October 2026.