Is Emmylou a boy or girl name?

Emmylou is a girl’s name. Of the 1,274 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

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Emmylou

Recorded 1924–2025 · United States

Emmylou was most popular in 2021, when 94 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,688 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,107, with 80 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,274 people named Emmylou.

Emmylou over time

Births per year. The dot marks Emmylou’s peak in 2021. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Emmylou a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Emmylou is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 1,274 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.

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Where Emmylou 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