girls:
5.6k births since 1888
#2229 (61st percentile)
overall:
5.6k births since 1888
#3637 (53rd percentile)
The name Emmeline is the #3,637 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,582 recorded births since 1888. This represents the 53.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 53.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,229 (61.0% percentile) for all time with 5,582 births since 1888.
Emmeline first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1888 (first recorded for girls in 1888). Birth data for Emmeline is available in 84 out of the 136 years between 1888 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, Emmeline reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 36.7% percentile (ranked #601) with 195 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 196 births per million (ranked 36.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Emmeline ranks #683 for girls (27.9% percentile) with 157 births per million, which is 80.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Emmeline".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Emmeline. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 25.2% confident that Emmeline is pronounced as EH-muh-LAIN, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EH-muh-lain, at 24.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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