girls:
3.8k births since 1916
#2800 (51st percentile)
overall:
3.8k births since 1916
#4461 (42nd percentile)
The name Emi is the #4,461 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,796 recorded births since 1916. This represents the 42.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 42.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,800 (51.0% percentile) for all time with 3,796 births since 1916.
Emi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1916 (first recorded for girls in 1916). Birth data for Emi is available in 75 out of the 108 years between 1916 and 2023. 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.
For girls, Emi reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 22.0% percentile (ranked #739) with 122 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 122 births per million (ranked 22.0% percentile). Despite a peak around 2016, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Emi is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #739 (22.0% percentile) with 122 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Emi".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Emi. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 68.3% confident that Emi is pronounced as EH-mee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EE-mee, at 31.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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