How rare is the name Emi?

4,595 people in the United States have the first name Emi, about 1 in 65,730. It ranks #4,174 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

EMI

#4,174

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,595
About
1 in 65,730
This common or more
83.7%
Who bears it

Of the 4,595 people named Emi, 41.1% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 20.5% as two or more races and 18.1% as Hispanic or Latino. 96.8% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Emi peaked in 2025, when 303 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19162025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
303
In 2025*
303
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,360 babies have been given the name since 1916. 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.

Emi by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #2,101. The largest share of babies named Emi, 55.8%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#8,84716
1920s#8,45737
1930s#10,55210
1940s#11,12910
1950s#10,93119
1960s#9,17748
1970s#6,677141
1980s#5,414257
1990s#6,344279
2000s#4,266706
2010s#2,6601,523
2020s#2,1011,314
Greatest Generation 1901–271.2%
Silent Generation 1928–450.5%
Baby boom 1946–640.8%
Generation X 1965–804.9%
Millennials 1981–968.8%
Generation Z 1997–1228%
2013 and later55.8%

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 Emi is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Emi has been most common in Hawaii (24×), California (4.5×), and Washington (3.7×), and least common in New Jersey (0.52×).

2,481 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 Emi

1 other first name also has 4,595 people.

#4,174 Leisa · 4,595

Either side of Emi

#4,171 Radhika · 4,601#4,173 Tomasz · 4,598#4,174 Leisa · 4,595#4,176 Len · 4,593

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Emi, most common first.

#3,657 Ema · 5,577#7,565 Emy · 2,006#8,002 Emmi · 1,841#8,623 Em · 1,674#23,505 Emm · 416#24,570 Emie · 391#30,742 Eme · 282#50,999 Emia · 116

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