Emmylou
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EM-ee-loo
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #2,276 for girls
Emmylou is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,276th for girls in the US (80 babies).
What does Emmylou mean?
Modern: combination of Emmy and Lou
Best known from the country singer Emmylou Harris.
Is Emmylou a girl's or a boy's name?
Emmylou is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 80 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Emmylou in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Emmylou in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Emmylou in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 2 | #7,433 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Emmylou in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 80 about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 80 girls in the US were named Emmylou, making it the 2,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,257th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 94 girls. It first appears in the records in 1924.
Half of all the girls named Emmylou in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Emmylou in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 80 | #2,276 |
| 2024 | 69 | #2,559 |
| 2023 | 62 | #2,757 |
| 2022 | 68 | #2,579 |
| 2021 | 94 | #2,046 |
| 2020 | 79 | #2,257 |
| 2019 | 70 | #2,508 |
| 2018 | 78 | #2,334 |
| 2017 | 74 | #2,432 |
| 2016 | 73 | #2,479 |
| 2015 | 69 | #2,590 |
| 2014 | 47 | #3,367 |
| 2013 | 53 | #3,075 |
| 2012 | 43 | #3,643 |
| 2011 | 30 | #4,680 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 29 | #4,930 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 15 | #4,685 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 20 | #3,858 |
| 1980 | 22 | #3,609 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,625 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
Nicknames for Emmylou
- Emmy 132 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Emmylou
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elodie, Myla, Harper, Emilia, Isla, Indie, Freya, Aria, Lyra, Everly, Delilah, Willow
Names related to Emmylou
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn, Ailani
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, “Emmylou: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/emmylou, updated 20 October 2026.