girls:
2.5k births since 1986
#3472 (39th percentile)
overall:
2.5k births since 1986
#5345 (31st percentile)
The name Emmaleigh is the #5,345 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,493 recorded births since 1986. This represents the 30.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 30.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,472 (39.2% percentile) for all time with 2,493 births since 1986.
Emmaleigh first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1986 (first recorded for girls in 1986). Birth data for Emmaleigh is available in 37 out of the 38 years between 1986 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, Emmaleigh reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 14.6% percentile (ranked #806) with 73 births per million. The name was most common in 2010, with 73 births per million (ranked 14.6% percentile). Despite a low point in 2016, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Emmaleigh ranks #916 for girls (3.3% percentile) with 21 births per million, which is 28.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Emmaleigh".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Emmaleigh. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 41.9% confident that Emmaleigh is pronounced as EH-muh-lee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EH-muh-LEE, at 18.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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