How rare is the name Emmeline?

4,182 people in the United States have the first name Emmeline, about 1 in 72,222. It ranks #4,456 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

EMMELINE

#4,456

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,182
About
1 in 72,222
This common or more
84.1%
Who bears it

Of the 4,182 people named Emmeline, 71.3% reported their origin as White, 10.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 9.1% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Emmeline peaked in 2017, when 370 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18882025
Peak year
2017
Births that year
370
In 2025*
284 ▼23%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,152 babies have been given the name since 1888. 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.

Emmeline by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,731. The largest share of babies named Emmeline, 66%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#3,1215
1890s#3,7106
1900s#3,15431
1910s#4,37491
1920s#5,37399
1930s#10,9648
1940s#11,6537
1950s#14,0166
1960s#12,55718
1970s#10,27368
1980s#6,967174
1990s#5,396354
2000s#4,306694
2010s#1,7312,862
2020s#1,7371,729
Before 19010.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–273.3%
Silent Generation 1928–450.5%
Baby boom 1946–640.2%
Generation X 1965–801.5%
Millennials 1981–966.4%
Generation Z 1997–1221.9%
2013 and later66%

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 Emmeline is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Emmeline has been most common in Utah (5.9×), Washington (2.4×), and Colorado (2.1×), and least common in Missouri (0.6×).

4,154 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 Emmeline

2 other first names also have 4,182 people.

#4,456 Aide · 4,182#4,456 Armen · 4,182

Either side of Emmeline

#4,456 Aide · 4,182#4,456 Armen · 4,182#4,459 Aleida · 4,179#4,460 Dontae · 4,177

Spelled almost the same

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

#4,096 Emmaline · 4,710#6,881 Emeline · 2,279#9,792 Emelina · 1,399#12,511 Emaline · 993#14,516 Emelin · 812#20,595 Emmelyn · 500#23,382 Emmalina · 419#25,917 Emiline · 363

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