Emri
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- EM-ree
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #3,341 for girls
Emri is a name of Germanic origin, meaning “work and power”. In 2025 it ranked 3,341st for girls in the US (46 babies).
What does Emri mean?
Germanic: spelling of Emry; short spelling of Emery; also close to Welsh Emrys
“work and power”
Close in sound to Emrys, the Welsh form of Ambrose and a name given to Merlin in Welsh tradition.
Meaning borrowed from Emry.
Is Emri a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Emri has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 46 girls and 16 boys in the US.
How popular is Emri in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,341st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 46 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 46 girls in the US were named Emri, making it the 3,341st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,777th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 55 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999. 16 boys were also named Emri in 2025 (5,606th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Emri in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 339 girls in the US were given Emri or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #783, up from #3,341 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 74% of the babies named Emri in the US were girls.
Emri in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46 | #3,341 |
| 2024 | 31 | #4,471 |
| 2023 | 31 | #4,451 |
| 2022 | 42 | #3,651 |
| 2021 | 55 | #3,002 |
| 2020 | 38 | #3,777 |
| 2019 | 38 | #3,850 |
| 2018 | 23 | #5,450 |
| 2017 | 35 | #4,146 |
| 2016 | 29 | #4,733 |
| 2015 | 35 | #4,143 |
| 2014 | 36 | #4,101 |
| 2013 | 29 | #4,753 |
| 2012 | 28 | #4,955 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,541 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,600 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
Nicknames for Emri
- Em
Names like Emri
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kyomi, Rumi, Remi, Kiyomi, Zuri, Zhuri, Miyori, Ari, Yuri, Nami, Yumi, Suki
Other spellings of Emri
Names related to Emri
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, “Emri: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/emri, updated 20 October 2026.