Emeline
Recorded 1880–2025 · United States
Emeline was most popular in 2016, when 104 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,443 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,847, with 62 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,612 people named Emeline.
Emeline over time
How old is the name Emeline?
The Social Security Administration’s records begin in 1880, and Emeline is already there in that first year — so the name is older than the record and these figures cannot date it. It has been recorded in 141 of the 146 years since.
How many people are named Emeline?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,612 American births named Emeline between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,382 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Emeline in 2025?
62 American babies were named Emeline in 2025, ranking #4,847 that year.
Is Emeline getting more or less popular?
Emeline is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 67 births a year, against 87 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -23% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Emeline a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Emeline is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 3,612 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% 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.
How old is someone named Emeline?
Roughly 2,382 Americans named Emeline are alive today — 66% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 15 years old, and half are between 9 and 27.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Emeline is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org