girls:
983 births since 1991
#4733 (17th percentile)
boys:
39 births since 1920
#4547 (1st percentile)
overall:
1k births since 1920
#6717 (13th percentile)
The name Emmery is the #6,717 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,022 recorded births since 1920. This represents the 13.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 13.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,733 (17.2% percentile) for all time with 983 births since 1991. For boys, it ranks #4,547 (0.8% percentile) for all time with 39 births since 1920.
Emmery first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1920 (1920 for boys and 1991 for girls). Birth data for Emmery is available in 29 out of the 104 years between 1920 and 2023 (28 years for girls and 6 years for boys). 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 Emmery has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 96.2% of all recorded births being female. Interestingly, until around 1991, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1920 to 1990), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (96.8% girls from 1991 to 2023).
For girls, Emmery reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 6.8% percentile (ranked #901) with 36 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 36 births per million (ranked 6.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Emmery ranks #899 for girls (5.1% percentile) with 30 births per million, which is 83.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Emmery reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #925) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1920, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2021.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Emmery".
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