Emsley
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EMZ-lee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,644 for girls
Emsley is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,644th for girls in the US (41 babies).
Where does Emsley come from?
English: English surname, also read as Em- with the -sley ending of Paisley
Is Emsley a girl's or a boy's name?
Emsley is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 41 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Emsley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,644among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 41about 1 in 39,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 41 girls in the US were named Emsley, making it the 3,644th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,338th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 70 girls. It first appears in the records in 2006.
Half of all the girls named Emsley in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Emsley in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | #3,644 |
| 2024 | 48 | #3,277 |
| 2023 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2022 | 31 | #4,470 |
| 2021 | 25 | #5,087 |
| 2020 | 46 | #3,338 |
| 2019 | 47 | #3,336 |
| 2018 | 56 | #2,927 |
| 2017 | 52 | #3,091 |
| 2016 | 55 | #3,010 |
| 2015 | 70 | #2,555 |
| 2014 | 68 | #2,580 |
| 2013 | 51 | #3,165 |
| 2012 | 54 | #3,093 |
| 2011 | 56 | #3,013 |
| 2010 | 29 | #4,859 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
Nicknames for Emsley
- Em
Names like Emsley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ensley Oakley Kinsley Finley Wrenley Everly Adley Sevyn Blakely Kenley Henley Kinley
More English names
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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, “Emsley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/emsley, updated 20 October 2026.