girls:
2.1k births since 1993
#3745 (34th percentile)
boys:
858 births since 1881
#3729 (19th percentile)
overall:
3k births since 1881
#4985 (36th percentile)
The name Emry is the #4,985 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,959 recorded births since 1881. This represents the 35.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 35.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,745 (34.5% percentile) for all time with 2,101 births since 1993. For boys, it ranks #3,729 (18.6% percentile) for all time with 858 births since 1881.
Emry first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1881 (1881 for boys and 1993 for girls). Birth data for Emry is available in 43 out of the 143 years between 1881 and 2023 (40 years for boys and 27 years for girls). 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 Emry has been given predominantly to girls, with 71.0% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 72.1% of babies named Emry were girls. Interestingly, until around 1993, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1881 to 1992), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (73.4% girls from 1993 to 2023).
For girls, Emry reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 17.3% percentile (ranked #785) with 89 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 89 births per million (ranked 17.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Emry ranks #833 for girls (12.1% percentile) with 68 births per million, which is 76.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Emry reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 5.2% percentile (ranked #854) with 28 births per million. The name was most common in 1881, with 46 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Emry ranks #870 for boys (4.5% percentile) with 25 births per million, which is 54.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Emry".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Emry. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.9% confident that Emry is pronounced as EH-mree, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EH-mer-ee, at 9.1% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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