girls:
1.1k births since 1924
#4593 (20th percentile)
overall:
1.1k births since 1924
#6616 (14th percentile)
The name Emmylou is the #6,616 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,123 recorded births since 1924. This represents the 14.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 14.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,593 (19.6% percentile) for all time with 1,123 births since 1924.
Emmylou first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1924 (first recorded for girls in 1924). Birth data for Emmylou is available in 38 out of the 100 years between 1924 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, Emmylou reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 9.5% percentile (ranked #847) with 52 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 52 births per million (ranked 9.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Emmylou ranks #891 for girls (5.9% percentile) with 35 births per million, which is 66.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Emmylou".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Emmylou. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 50.8% confident that Emmylou is pronounced as EH-mee-LUE, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EH-mee-lue, at 49.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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