How popular is “Emily” in the USA?
Number of people named “Emily” by birth year
This chart shows how many people named “Emily” were born each year.
Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.
Popularity of “Emily” by birth year
This chart shows how the popularity of “Emily” has changed over time.
Popularity is the number of people named “Emily” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.
Bias in sex for “Emily” by birth year
This chart shows how “Emily” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).
Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.
The raw data
This table shows the data used in the above charts.
| Year | Count | Proportion | Females | Males | Bias toward female |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 210 | 0.001042266 | 210 | 100% | |
| 1881 | 244 | 0.001266296 | 244 | 100% | |
| 1882 | 272 | 0.001227808 | 272 | 100% | |
| 1883 | 342 | 0.001576436 | 342 | 100% | |
| 1884 | 364 | 0.001495106 | 364 | 100% | |
| 1885 | 346 | 0.001436555 | 346 | 100% | |
| 1886 | 369 | 0.001445262 | 369 | 100% | |
| 1887 | 335 | 0.001354121 | 335 | 100% | |
| 1888 | 457 | 0.001526009 | 457 | 100% | |
| 1889 | 429 | 0.001484707 | 429 | 100% | |
| 1890 | 509 | 0.00168878 | 509 | 100% | |
| 1891 | 444 | 0.001548808 | 444 | 100% | |
| 1892 | 518 | 0.001549163 | 518 | 100% | |
| 1893 | 506 | 0.001555856 | 506 | 100% | |
| 1894 | 551 | 0.001626856 | 551 | 100% | |
| 1895 | 605 | 0.001723544 | 605 | 100% | |
| 1896 | 532 | 0.001488179 | 527 | 5 | 98% |
| 1897 | 619 | 0.001784083 | 619 | 100% | |
| 1898 | 628 | 0.001646328 | 628 | 100% | |
| 1899 | 569 | 0.001677308 | 569 | 100% | |
| 1900 | 626 | 0.001390311 | 626 | 100% | |
| 1901 | 537 | 0.001552867 | 537 | 100% | |
| 1902 | 606 | 0.001566973 | 606 | 100% | |
| 1903 | 558 | 0.001463791 | 558 | 100% | |
| 1904 | 599 | 0.001484566 | 599 | 100% | |
| 1905 | 683 | 0.001611138 | 683 | 100% | |
| 1906 | 619 | 0.001444739 | 619 | 100% | |
| 1907 | 714 | 0.001534194 | 714 | 100% | |
| 1908 | 732 | 0.001498005 | 732 | 100% | |
| 1909 | 749 | 0.001465111 | 749 | 100% | |
| 1910 | 785 | 0.001328907 | 785 | 100% | |
| 1911 | 909 | 0.001410882 | 909 | 100% | |
| 1912 | 1153 | 0.001166932 | 1147 | 6 | 99% |
| 1913 | 1386 | 0.001218878 | 1386 | 100% | |
| 1914 | 1650 | 0.00116497 | 1650 | 100% | |
| 1915 | 2091 | 0.001141108 | 2091 | 100% | |
| 1916 | 2218 | 0.0011466 | 2213 | 5 | 100% |
| 1917 | 2220 | 0.001106266 | 2220 | 100% | |
| 1918 | 2361 | 0.001087461 | 2361 | 100% | |
| 1919 | 2313 | 0.00109608 | 2307 | 6 | 99% |
| 1920 | 2175 | 0.000961265 | 2168 | 7 | 99% |
| 1921 | 2190 | 0.000938101 | 2184 | 6 | 99% |
| 1922 | 2146 | 0.000937464 | 2146 | 100% | |
| 1923 | 2062 | 0.000895555 | 2057 | 5 | 100% |
| 1924 | 2051 | 0.000861181 | 2044 | 7 | 99% |
| 1925 | 1772 | 0.000759438 | 1767 | 5 | 99% |
| 1926 | 1735 | 0.000755696 | 1729 | 6 | 99% |
| 1927 | 1667 | 0.000718732 | 1656 | 11 | 99% |
| 1928 | 1559 | 0.000689541 | 1559 | 100% | |
| 1929 | 1450 | 0.00066145 | 1444 | 6 | 99% |
| 1930 | 1354 | 0.000609008 | 1344 | 10 | 99% |
| 1931 | 1194 | 0.000567392 | 1186 | 8 | 99% |
| 1932 | 1155 | 0.000547062 | 1147 | 8 | 99% |
| 1933 | 1062 | 0.000531151 | 1062 | 100% | |
| 1934 | 1067 | 0.000513771 | 1067 | 100% | |
| 1935 | 1094 | 0.000523477 | 1094 | 100% | |
| 1936 | 1130 | 0.000543907 | 1123 | 7 | 99% |
| 1937 | 1298 | 0.000609209 | 1293 | 5 | 99% |
| 1938 | 1315 | 0.000594331 | 1308 | 7 | 99% |
| 1939 | 1300 | 0.000589991 | 1292 | 8 | 99% |
| 1940 | 1274 | 0.000553279 | 1269 | 5 | 99% |
| 1941 | 1377 | 0.000565183 | 1368 | 9 | 99% |
| 1942 | 1426 | 0.000522008 | 1419 | 7 | 99% |
| 1943 | 1336 | 0.00047333 | 1336 | 100% | |
| 1944 | 1251 | 0.000465046 | 1251 | 100% | |
| 1945 | 1141 | 0.0004301 | 1134 | 7 | 99% |
| 1946 | 1384 | 0.000433139 | 1379 | 5 | 99% |
| 1947 | 1470 | 0.000408077 | 1470 | 100% | |
| 1948 | 1391 | 0.000402896 | 1391 | 100% | |
| 1949 | 1392 | 0.000399456 | 1392 | 100% | |
| 1950 | 1323 | 0.000377637 | 1316 | 7 | 99% |
| 1951 | 1287 | 0.000349375 | 1287 | 100% | |
| 1952 | 1392 | 0.000366508 | 1392 | 100% | |
| 1953 | 1325 | 0.000343833 | 1325 | 100% | |
| 1954 | 1342 | 0.000337128 | 1342 | 100% | |
| 1955 | 1302 | 0.000324281 | 1302 | 100% | |
| 1956 | 1290 | 0.000312876 | 1283 | 7 | 99% |
| 1957 | 1207 | 0.00028724 | 1207 | 100% | |
| 1958 | 1171 | 0.000283244 | 1171 | 100% | |
| 1959 | 1215 | 0.000292298 | 1215 | 100% | |
| 1960 | 1225 | 0.000294902 | 1225 | 100% | |
| 1961 | 1147 | 0.000276923 | 1147 | 100% | |
| 1962 | 1079 | 0.000267422 | 1079 | 100% | |
| 1963 | 1108 | 0.000279916 | 1108 | 100% | |
| 1964 | 1131 | 0.000290928 | 1131 | 100% | |
| 1965 | 1288 | 0.000355263 | 1288 | 100% | |
| 1966 | 1249 | 0.000359365 | 1249 | 100% | |
| 1967 | 1210 | 0.000356419 | 1205 | 5 | 99% |
| 1968 | 1326 | 0.000392498 | 1326 | 100% | |
| 1969 | 1576 | 0.00045348 | 1576 | 100% | |
| 1970 | 1937 | 0.000537086 | 1931 | 6 | 99% |
| 1971 | 1866 | 0.000543661 | 1866 | 100% | |
| 1972 | 2344 | 0.00074578 | 2334 | 10 | 99% |
| 1973 | 3041 | 0.001008004 | 3028 | 13 | 99% |
| 1974 | 4348 | 0.001430263 | 4330 | 18 | 99% |
| 1975 | 5499 | 0.001821239 | 5483 | 16 | 99% |
| 1976 | 5568 | 0.001835012 | 5548 | 20 | 99% |
| 1977 | 6896 | 0.002171003 | 6879 | 17 | 100% |
| 1978 | 7495 | 0.002361508 | 7474 | 21 | 99% |
| 1979 | 7998 | 0.002403996 | 7971 | 27 | 99% |
| 1980 | 9035 | 0.00262303 | 9002 | 33 | 99% |
| 1981 | 10847 | 0.003135575 | 10799 | 48 | 99% |
| 1982 | 12576 | 0.003585009 | 12521 | 55 | 99% |
| 1983 | 12421 | 0.003586489 | 12377 | 44 | 99% |
| 1984 | 12839 | 0.003680214 | 12786 | 53 | 99% |
| 1985 | 13186 | 0.003694618 | 13139 | 47 | 99% |
| 1986 | 13292 | 0.003736914 | 13235 | 57 | 99% |
| 1987 | 14762 | 0.004094312 | 14711 | 51 | 99% |
| 1988 | 15927 | 0.004310582 | 15870 | 57 | 99% |
| 1989 | 17405 | 0.004527444 | 17323 | 82 | 99% |
| 1990 | 19418 | 0.004913155 | 19365 | 53 | 99% |
| 1991 | 20345 | 0.005223245 | 20311 | 34 | 100% |
| 1992 | 21865 | 0.005692409 | 21834 | 31 | 100% |
| 1993 | 23638 | 0.006269802 | 23595 | 43 | 100% |
| 1994 | 24185 | 0.00650575 | 24154 | 31 | 100% |
| 1995 | 24421 | 0.006668724 | 24381 | 40 | 100% |
| 1996 | 25186 | 0.006905867 | 25152 | 34 | 100% |
| 1997 | 25770 | 0.007107726 | 25735 | 35 | 100% |
| 1998 | 26224 | 0.007129791 | 26186 | 38 | 100% |
| 1999 | 26586 | 0.007197567 | 26541 | 45 | 100% |
| 2000 | 25989 | 0.006875777 | 25959 | 30 | 100% |
| 2001 | 25091 | 0.00670297 | 25059 | 32 | 100% |
| 2002 | 24503 | 0.006554876 | 24469 | 34 | 100% |
| 2003 | 25733 | 0.006768251 | 25692 | 41 | 100% |
| 2004 | 25160 | 0.006585296 | 25040 | 120 | 99% |
| 2005 | 23982 | 0.006237926 | 23949 | 33 | 100% |
| 2006 | 21442 | 0.005420402 | 21411 | 31 | 100% |
| 2007 | 19390 | 0.004850826 | 19363 | 27 | 100% |
| 2008 | 17470 | 0.004445182 | 17444 | 26 | 100% |
| 2009 | 15381 | 0.004026973 | 15362 | 19 | 100% |
| 2010 | 14299 | 0.003869671 | 14279 | 20 | 100% |
| 2011 | 14286 | 0.003906318 | 14275 | 11 | 100% |
| 2012 | 13683 | 0.003741953 | 13662 | 21 | 100% |
| 2013 | 13160 | 0.003610621 | 13140 | 20 | 100% |
| 2014 | 12673 | 0.003420129 | 12662 | 11 | 100% |
| 2015 | 11821 | 0.003194995 | 11804 | 17 | 100% |
| 2016 | 11008 | 0.003001482 | 11001 | 7 | 100% |
| 2017 | 9817 | 0.002746231 | 9812 | 5 | 100% |
| 2018 | 8723 | 0.00248225 | 8712 | 11 | 100% |
| 2019 | 8260 | 0.002381233 | 8252 | 8 | 100% |
| 2020 | 6924 | 0.002074392 | 6913 | 11 | 100% |
| 2021 | 6594 | 0.001948186 | 6588 | 6 | 100% |
| 2022 | 6490 | 0.001920908 | 6490 | 100% | |
| 2023 | 6163 | 0.001869136 | 6154 | 9 | 100% |