girls:
650 births since 2003
#5066 (11th percentile)
boys:
369 births since 1898
#4217 (8th percentile)
overall:
1k births since 1898
#6720 (13th percentile)
The name Embry is the #6,720 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,019 recorded births since 1898. This represents the 13.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 13.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,066 (11.3% percentile) for all time with 650 births since 2003. For boys, it ranks #4,217 (8.0% percentile) for all time with 369 births since 1898.
Embry first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1898 (1898 for boys and 2003 for girls). Birth data for Embry is available in 38 out of the 126 years between 1898 and 2023 (36 years for boys and 18 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Embry has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (63.8% of all recorded births). In 2023, 75.7% of babies named Embry were girls. Interestingly, until around 2009, the name was more popular for boys (86.3% boys from 1898 to 2008), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (73.7% girls from 2009 to 2023).
For girls, Embry reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 6.3% percentile (ranked #901) with 35 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 35 births per million (ranked 6.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Embry ranks #924 for girls (2.4% percentile) with 16 births per million, which is 45.8% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Embry reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 3.9% percentile (ranked #846) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 1898, with 45 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Embry ranks #907 for boys (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 10.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Embry".
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