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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Emani

Emani was the 1375th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 160 babies. Its best year was 2019, when it ranked 956th with 276 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 185 places. More babies were named Emani in the 2010s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#1,375 girls, down 391 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
160girls
Girls and boys
91% girls, 9% boys2021–2025
Peak year
2019276 babies
Total since 1880
6,783babies recorded

Emani popularity since 1880

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GirlsBoys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Rank (boys)Babies (girls)Babies (boys)
2025#1,375#6,22016014
2020#984#5,31725917
2010#1,161#5,10120918
2000#1,117#4,86118315
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How popular is Emani, counting every spelling?

Emani is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,263 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,375 for Emani on its own. Together these spellings went to 165 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Emani160#1,3751,033

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 Emani?

160 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Emani (0.04 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Emani 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 52 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Emani.

Chance of another Emani in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inLouisianaunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Emani?

About 6,300 people born in the US named Emani are alive today, with a median age of 15; half are between 8 and 23. That makes Emani mostly worn by children and young adults.

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Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

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.

Emani by state

How common Emani was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Louisiana (4.8×), Georgia (2.6×), North Carolina (1.9×), Tennessee (1.5×). In 25 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesWA0.04Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesMN0.05Illinois: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesIL0.15Michigan: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesMI0.11New York: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesNY0.08Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesNV0.11Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesIN0.12Ohio: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesOH0.04Pennsylvania: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesPA0.12New Jersey: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.06Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesCA0.12Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesMO0.12Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesVA0.06Maryland: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesMD0.07Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesAZ0.16New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesAR0.11Tennessee: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesTN0.20North Carolina: 0.24 per 1,000 babiesNC0.24South Carolina: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesSC0.14District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesOK0.11Louisiana: 0.61 per 1,000 babiesLA0.61Mississippi: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesMS0.11Alabama: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesAL0.18Georgia: 0.34 per 1,000 babiesGA0.34Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesTX0.16Florida: 0.19 per 1,000 babiesFL0.19
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Emani, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Emani

How popular is the name Emani?

Emani was the 1375th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 160 babies. Its best year was 2019, when it ranked 956th with 276 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 185 places. More babies were named Emani in the 2010s than in any other decade.

Is Emani a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, 91% girls, 9% boys given the name Emani in the US.

Where is Emani most popular?

In 2021–2025, Emani was most common in Louisiana (0.61 per 1,000 girls), followed by Georgia and North Carolina.