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Emmeline

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Emmeline is ranked 939th among girls in 2024 (280 births). Its best rank was 753rd, in 2017.

Rank in 2024
#939up 9 from 2023
Births in 2024
2800.02% of girls
Peak year
2017370 births
Best rank
#753in 2017
Since 1888
5,864people given the name
Babies named Emmeline, by year of birthgirls
012525037550018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

5,864 girls have been named Emmeline in the United States since 1888, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2017, with 370 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2015, and the 2010s alone account for 49%. It has spent 11 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadegirls named Emmeline
1880s5
1890s6
1900s31
1910s91
1920s99
1930s8
1940s7
1950s6
1960s18
1970s68
1980s174
1990s354
2000s694
2010s2,862
2020s1,441

In 2017, its biggest year

Emmeline was the 753rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2017 were Emma, Olivia, Ava, Isabella and Sophia. See all of 2017.

Names that rose and fell with Emmeline

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.