girls:
268 births since 2010
#5448 (5th percentile)
boys:
966 births since 1997
#3626 (21st percentile)
overall:
1.2k births since 1997
#6507 (16th percentile)
The name Emrys is the #6,507 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,234 recorded births since 1997. This represents the 15.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 15.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,626 (20.9% percentile) for all time with 966 births since 1997. For girls, it ranks #5,448 (4.7% percentile) for all time with 268 births since 2010.
Emrys first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1997 (1997 for boys and 2010 for girls). Birth data for Emrys is available in 19 out of the 27 years between 1997 and 2023 (19 years for boys and 13 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 Emrys has been given predominantly to boys, with 78.3% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 78.1% of babies named Emrys were boys.
For boys, Emrys reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 12.7% percentile (ranked #812) with 66 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 66 births per million (ranked 12.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2008, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Emrys ranks #809 for boys (11.2% percentile) with 58 births per million, which is 89.0% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Emrys reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 3.6% percentile (ranked #902) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 22 births per million (ranked 3.6% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Emrys ranks #922 for girls (2.6% percentile) with 17 births per million, which is 78.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Emrys".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Emrys. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 89.2% confident that Emrys is pronounced as EH-mrihs, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EH-mrees, at 10.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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