Emmily
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EM-i-lee
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Emmily is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “rival”. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Emmily mean?
Latin: spelling of Emily; English form of the Roman name Aemilia
“rival”
English form of the Roman name Aemilia, borne by novelist Emily Brontë and poet Emily Dickinson.
Meaning borrowed from Emily. More on Wiktionary.
Is Emmily a girl's or a boy's name?
Emmily is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Emmily in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,360th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Emmily, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 2008, with 42 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Emmily in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 5,910 girls in the US were given Emmily or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #38, up from #8,360 for this spelling alone.
Emmily in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2013 | 25 | #5,315 |
| 2012 | 25 | #5,396 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,541 |
| 2010 | 27 | #5,106 |
| 2009 | 32 | #4,570 |
| 2008 | 42 | #3,778 |
| 2007 | 32 | #4,566 |
| 2006 | 32 | #4,462 |
| 2005 | 31 | #4,369 |
| 2004 | 40 | #3,627 |
| 2003 | 35 | #3,865 |
| 2002 | 41 | #3,330 |
| 2001 | 36 | #3,627 |
| 2000 | 27 | #4,395 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 34 | #3,494 |
| 1997 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,526 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,212 |
| 1994 | 22 | #4,516 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,200 |
| 1992 | 24 | #4,229 |
| 1991 | 21 | #4,644 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,689 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,280 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
Nicknames for Emmily
Names like Emmily
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emely, Emery, Avery, Destiny, Camila, Mallory, Ellery, Lily, Harmony, Emmy, Madison, Emerson
Other spellings of Emmily
Emily, Emilie, Emilee, Emilly, Emmalee, Emili, Emalee, Emillie, Emmaly
Names related to Emmily
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara
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, “Emmily: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/emmily, updated 20 October 2026.