Emily

Girl · recorded 1880–2025

  • #34in 2025
  • 1 in 294girls in 2025
  • −49%last ten years
  • 2.3×in Delaware

Most popular in 1999.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

07,48214,96318801916195319892025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Emily, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18802,308
18812,654
18822,522
18833,045
18842,821
18852,600
18862,553
18872,295
18882,558
18892,405
18902,674
18912,394
18922,439
18932,377
18942,472
18952,590
18962,215
18972,643
18982,427
18992,442
19002,088
19012,244
19022,295
19032,130
19042,175
19052,342
19062,096
19072,241
19082,190
19092,157
19101,980
19112,173
19122,055
19132,219
19142,167
19152,125
19162,119
19172,053
19182,040
19192,041
19201,809
19211,771
19221,787
19231,705
19241,637
19251,451
19261,459
19271,389
19281,352
19291,293
19301,194
19311,114
19321,075
19331,054
19341,022
19351,043
19361,079
19371,215
19381,185
19391,178
19401,110
19411,132
19421,051
1943958
1944943
1945868
1946878
1947829
1948819
1949814
1950768
1951715
1952751
1953704
1954691
1955667
1956639
1957590
1958582
1959599
1960606
1961568
1962549
1963575
1964597
1965730
1966738
1967729
1968808
1969934
19701,105
19711,122
19721,534
19732,076
19742,950
19753,760
19763,786
19774,487
19784,878
19794,966
19805,421
19816,474
19827,393
19837,409
19847,593
19857,638
19867,715
19878,461
19888,911
19899,397
199010,203
199110,832
199211,842
199313,043
199413,526
199513,865
199614,347
199714,784
199814,821
199914,963
200014,294
200113,917
200213,618
200314,062
200413,638
200512,962
200611,262
200710,073
20089,227
20098,364
20108,034
20118,116
20127,760
20137,491
20147,093
20156,615
20166,211
20175,686
20185,125
20194,921
20204,279
20214,019
20223,962
20233,850
20243,693
20253,391

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Delaware 2.3×
  2. New Mexico 1.9×
  3. Hawaii 1.7×
  4. Nevada 1.7×
  5. California 1.7×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
5,451
Rank in 2025
#34
How rare
1 in 294 girls
Since 1880
896,487

Most popular in 1999, at 14,963 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 49% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Delaware2.3×56
New Mexico1.9×100
Hawaii1.7×42
Nevada1.7×170
California1.7×2,963

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.