Is Emrys a boy or girl name?

Emrys is a unisex name. Of the 1,651 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 20.6% were girls and 79.3% were boys.

Emrys

Recorded 1997–2025 · United States

Emrys was most popular in 2024, when 226 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,060 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,303, with 188 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,651 people named Emrys.

Emrys over time

Births per year. The dot marks Emrys’s peak in 2024. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Emrys a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Emrys is a unisex name — 20.6% of the 1,651 Americans given it were girls and 79.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 21% girls and 79% 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 Emrys

Where Emrys 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