first name
EMORY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 14,171 people named Emory, 68.2% reported their origin as White, 17.6% as Black and 6% as Hispanic or Latino. 58.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Emory peaked in 2024, when 1,212 babies got the name.
At least 29,762 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Emory by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #605. The largest share of babies named Emory, 39.3%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Emory is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Emory has been most common in Georgia (6.1×), Virginia (2.7×), and West Virginia (2.6×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.12×).
22,314 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.
Either side of Emory
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Emory, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Emory ranks #6,184 of 156,621, with 5,309 people. See Emory as a last name
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