girls:
707 births since 2006
#5009 (12th percentile)
boys:
10 births since 1916
#4576 (0th percentile)
overall:
717 births since 1916
#7022 (9th percentile)
The name Emsley is the #7,022 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 717 recorded births since 1916. This represents the 9.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 9.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,009 (12.3% percentile) for all time with 707 births since 2006. For boys, it ranks #4,576 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 10 births since 1916.
Emsley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1916 (1916 for boys and 2006 for girls). Birth data for Emsley is available in 19 out of the 108 years between 1916 and 2023 (17 years for girls and 2 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 Emsley has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.6% of all recorded births being female. Interestingly, until around 2006, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1916 to 2005), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 2006 to 2023).
For girls, Emsley reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 6.8% percentile (ranked #895) with 36 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, 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, Emsley ranks #923 for girls (2.5% percentile) with 17 births per million, which is 46.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Emsley reached its peak popularity in 1916, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #502) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1916, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1924.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Emsley".
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Our model is 81.6% confident that Emsley is pronounced as EH-mzlee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EHM-slee, at 18.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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