Emelyn
Recorded 1913–2025 · United States
Emelyn was most popular in 2013, when 129 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,937 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,142, with 79 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,783 people named Emelyn.
Emelyn over time
How old is the name Emelyn?
Emelyn first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1913, which makes it about 112 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 73 of the 113 years since.
How many people are named Emelyn?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,783 American births named Emelyn 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 2,626 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Emelyn in 2025?
79 American babies were named Emelyn in 2025, ranking #4,142 that year.
Is Emelyn getting more or less popular?
Emelyn is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 79 births a year, against 115 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -31% 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 Emelyn a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Emelyn is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,783 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 Emelyn?
Roughly 2,626 Americans named Emelyn are alive today — 94% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 14 years old, and half are between 8 and 21.
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 Emelyn 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