first name
EMANI
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,272 people named Emani, 80.4% reported their origin as Black, 10.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.7% as two or more races. 93.1% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Emani peaked in 2019, when 289 babies got the name.
At least 6,783 babies have been given the name since 1990. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Emani by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,996. The largest share of babies named Emani, 49.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Emani is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Emani has been most common in Florida (2.8×), Georgia (2.5×), and Louisiana (2.3×), and least common in Missouri (0.44×).
5,090 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Exactly as common as Emani
2 other first names also have 4,272 people.
Either side of Emani
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Emani, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Emani ranks #81,311 of 156,621, with 251 people. See Emani as a last name
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