Emalyn
Emalyn was the 4481st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 31 babies. Its best year was 2015, when it ranked 1331st with 178 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,150 places. More babies were named Emalyn in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Emmalyn) Emma + Lyn, or variant of Emmeline · English, Germanic
- Rank in 2025
- #4,481 girls, down 2,131 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 31girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2015178 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,873babies recorded
What does the name Emalyn mean?
Emalyn is a spelling of Emmalyn, pronounced the same way, so it shares Emmalyn's meaning and origin.
Emmalyn is, according to Wiktionary, either a combination of Emma with the -lyn ending or a variant of Emmeline. Emma began as a Germanic short form of names beginning with ermen-, which DMNES glosses 'strong'; Emmeline goes back to Old French Ameline, from the Germanic element amal- 'work, vigor'. Recorded in the US since 1946, Emmalyn became more common in the 2000s alongside Emma.
ermen- (Old High German, “strong (DMNES); whole, great”)Ameline (Old French, “Emmeline”)
How sure is this? Probable. Two possible sources; both Germanic elements are reconstructions.
Related names: Emma, Emmeline, Emmalynn, Emily.
See also: Germanic names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Emmalyn', Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Emma', DMNES (Durham University)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (our computation), SSA (public domain)
Emalyn popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,481 | 31 |
| 2020 | #2,350 | 75 |
| 2010 | #1,765 | 117 |
| 2000 | #10,145 | 9 |
| 1990 | — | — |
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How popular is Emalyn, counting every spelling?
Emalyn is a spelling of Emmalyn, a name family that ranked #495 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #4,481 for Emalyn on its own. Together these spellings went to 637 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmalyn | 204 | #1,137 | 1,353 |
| Emmaline | 182 | #1,236 | 1,037 |
| Emmalynn | 139 | #1,530 | 850 |
| Emalyn | 31 | #4,481 | 231 |
| Emaline | 28 | #4,801 | 206 |
| Emalynn | 21 | #5,777 | 127 |
| Emmalin | 9 | #10,348 | 62 |
| Emmalene | 7 | #12,285 | 55 |
| Emmalyne | 6 | #13,718 | 37 |
| Emmalynne | 5 | #15,611 | 28 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Emalyn?
31 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Emalyn (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Emalyn born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 270 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Emalyn.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Emalyn?
About 1,800 people born in the US named Emalyn are alive today, with a median age of 12; half are between 8 and 15. That makes Emalyn a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Emalyn by state
How common Emalyn was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Emalyn: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Emalyn, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Emalyn
What does Emalyn mean?
Emalyn is a spelling of Emmalyn, which means “Emma + Lyn, or variant of Emmeline” (English, Germanic origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Emalyn?
Emalyn was the 4481st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 31 babies. Its best year was 2015, when it ranked 1331st with 178 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,150 places. More babies were named Emalyn in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Emalyn a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Emalyn in the US.
Where is Emalyn most popular?
In 2021–2025, Emalyn was most common in Texas (0.03 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and California.