Emry
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- EM-ree
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #1,423 for girls
Emry is a name of Germanic origin, meaning “work and power”. In 2025 it ranked 1,423rd for girls in the US (152 babies).
What does Emry mean?
Germanic: 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.
Is Emry a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Emry has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 152 girls and 43 boys in the US.
How popular is Emry in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,423rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 152 about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 152 girls in the US were named Emry, making it the 1,423rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,587th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 169 girls. It first appears in the records in 1993. 43 boys were also named Emry in 2025 (2,883rd for boys).
2025 had more girls named Emry than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Emry in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 339 girls in the US were given Emry or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #783, up from #1,423 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 78% of the babies named Emry in the US were girls.
Emry in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 152 | #1,423 |
| 2024 | 115 | #1,753 |
| 2023 | 119 | #1,724 |
| 2022 | 124 | #1,684 |
| 2021 | 126 | #1,652 |
| 2020 | 132 | #1,587 |
| 2019 | 143 | #1,516 |
| 2018 | 155 | #1,425 |
| 2017 | 169 | #1,364 |
| 2016 | 132 | #1,644 |
| 2015 | 135 | #1,593 |
| 2014 | 138 | #1,569 |
| 2013 | 113 | #1,807 |
| 2012 | 91 | #2,095 |
| 2011 | 93 | #2,073 |
| 2010 | 77 | #2,427 |
| 2009 | 87 | #2,244 |
| 2008 | 60 | #2,922 |
| 2007 | 57 | #3,047 |
| 2006 | 32 | #4,462 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,432 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 27 | #4,663 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
Nicknames for Emry
- Em
Names like Emry
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emery, Everly, Tilly, Landry, Emberly, Emmy, Ensley, Oakley, Murphy, Avery, Blakely, Paisley
Other spellings of Emry
Names related to Emry
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, “Emry: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/emry, updated 20 October 2026.