Is Embry a boy or girl name?

Embry is a unisex name. Of the 1,091 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 65.3% were girls and 34.7% were boys. It changed hands in 2011, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Embry

Recorded 1898–2025 · United States

Embry was most popular in 2010, when 75 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,299 that year. In 2025 it ranked #8,652, with 26 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,091 people named Embry.

Embry over time

Births per year. The dot marks Embry’s peak in 2010. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Embry a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Embry is a unisex name — 65.3% of the 1,091 Americans given it were girls and 34.7% were boys. It changed hands: since 2011 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 85% girls and 15% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Embry

Where Embry is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

Texas 6.8×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org