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Emmy

Gender
Girl
Say it
EM-ee
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#361 for girls
US rank, 2025
#445 for girls

Emmy is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 361st for girls in the UK (132 babies) and 445th for girls in the US (695 babies).

What does Emmy mean?

English: pet form of Emma, Emily or Emmeline

Pet form of Emma, Emily and Emmeline; Emmy Noether was a pioneering German mathematician.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Emmy a girl's or a boy's name?

Emmy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 132 girls in the UK and 695 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Emmy in the UK?

Rank in 2025
361st among girls
Babies in 2025
132 about 1 in 2,100 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 17% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 132 girls in the UK were named Emmy, making it the 361st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 473rd. Its busiest year was 2014, with 137 girls.

2025 had more girls named Emmy than any year since 2014.

Half of all the girls named Emmy in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 543 girls in the UK were given Emmy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #113, up from #361 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 396th in England and Wales, 178th in Scotland and 334th in Northern Ireland.

1996Busiest: 137 in 20142025
Emmy in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025132#361
202491#492
202396#462
2022116#414
2021108#446
202094#473
201975#584
2018103#474
2017101#479
201690#525
2015113#434
2014137#368
2013101#459
201294#510
201175#592
2010103#455
200958#699
200891#490
200771#570
200641#809
200535#863
200426#1,027
200327#965
200221#1,121
200128#891
200025#954
199926#923
199818#1,199
199727#895
199620#1,061

How popular is Emmy in the US?

Rank in 2025
445th among girls
Babies in 2025
695 about 1 in 2,300 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 10% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 695 girls in the US were named Emmy, making it the 445th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 517th. It first appears in the records in 1885.

2025 had the most girls named Emmy of any year since it first appeared, in 1885.

Half of all the girls named Emmy in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,688 girls in the US were given Emmy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #213, up from #445 for this spelling alone.

1885Busiest: 695 in 20252025
Emmy in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025695#445
2024692#453
2023600#505
2022623#506
2021571#538
2020585#517
2019640#490
2018580#540
2017496#611
2016480#622
2015467#618
2014433#660
2013436#651
2012387#718
2011350#777
2010272#944
2009295#917
2008283#953
2007283#959
2006198#1,212
2005194#1,185
2004156#1,352
2003139#1,421
2002117#1,583
200199#1,792
200082#2,012
199976#2,035
199865#2,185
199751#2,508
199657#2,311
199550#2,511
199441#2,872
199361#2,171
199254#2,381
199150#2,478
199039#2,895
198942#2,652
198850#2,246
198746#2,307
198629#3,133
198542#2,361
198440#2,381
198347#2,096
198259#1,822
198182#1,475
198091#1,373
197958#1,832
197857#1,781
197767#1,596
197651#1,820
197536#2,278
197433#2,348
197321#3,121
197221#3,062
197126#2,736
197021#3,110
196912#4,197
196814#3,609
196715#3,339
196614#3,399
196510#4,201
196417#3,107
196319#2,863
196219#2,813
196118#2,956
196020#2,728
195923#2,394
195821#2,505
195721#2,485
195616#2,928
195529#1,977
195426#2,075
195333#1,737
195217#2,580
195119#2,313
195019#2,252
194915#2,619
194821#2,125
194724#1,992
194622#1,969
194511#2,741
194417#2,095
194325#1,702
194221#1,859
194122#1,696
194019#1,845
193917#1,947
193821#1,703
193713#2,317
193616#1,950
193514#2,205
193424#1,518
193316#1,970
193221#1,684
193128#1,393
193026#1,534
192934#1,281
192829#1,468
192741#1,213
192631#1,448
192540#1,225
192428#1,612
192334#1,350
192227#1,611
192126#1,668
192022#1,816
191925#1,604
191819#1,962
191724#1,552
191618#1,867
191514#2,142
191419#1,480
191317#1,405
19125#2,977
191110#1,545
19109#1,634
19096#1,957
19080–
19077#1,638
19060–
19050–
190410#1,170
19038#1,318
19020–
19016#1,466
19007#1,560
18998#1,180
189810#1,098
18975#1,554
18967#1,292
18950–
18948#1,136
18930–
18925#1,450
18910–
18900–
18890–
18880–
18875#1,147
18860–
18858#793

Names like Emmy

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Ivy, Lily, Willow, Harper, Poppy, Ember, Scarlett, Everly, Lyla, Myla, Autumn, Emilia

Other spellings of Emmy

Emmie, Emie, Emi, Emmi, Emme, Emy

Names related to Emmy

Emma, Eimmy, Emya

More English names

Evelyn, Hudson, Grace, Violet, Daisy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter, Harrison, River, Ellie

Every English name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Emmy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/emmy, updated 20 October 2026.