Emberlee
Emberlee was the 1573rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 134 babies. Its best year was 2020, when it ranked 1178th with 197 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,214 places. More babies were named Emberlee in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Emberly) Origin not documented
- Rank in 2025
- #1,573 girls, down 395 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 134girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2020197 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,878babies recorded
What does the name Emberlee mean?
Emberlee is a spelling of Emberly, pronounced the same way, so it shares Emberly's meaning and origin.
Emberly is a modern American girls' name, recorded from 1980 but common only recently. It appears to combine ember, a glowing coal (from Old English ǣmerge), with the -ly ending of names like Kimberly, or to be a respelling of Kimberly itself with Em-. No dictionary we checked documents the name, so we do not give it a fixed meaning.
How sure is this? Not documented. Undocumented modern coinage; the 'ember' reading is an inference from spelling.
Related names: Ember, Kimberly, Emerie.
Sources for this meaning
- The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th ed., entry 'ember' (etymology), HarperCollins / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (yob*.txt), team3 computation of first year recorded, US Social Security Administration (public domain)
Emberlee popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,573 | 134 |
| 2020 | #1,178 | 197 |
| 2010 | #4,777 | 30 |
| 2000 | — | — |
| 1990 | — | — |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Emberlee, counting every spelling?
Emberlee is a spelling of Emberly, a name family that ranked #523 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,573 for Emberlee on its own. Together these spellings went to 579 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emberly | 411 | #688 | 2,393 |
| Emberlee | 134 | #1,573 | 820 |
| Emberley | 21 | #5,778 | 140 |
| Emberlie | 8 | #11,229 | 66 |
| Emberli | 5 | #15,595 | 38 |
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 Emberlee?
134 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Emberlee (0.04 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Emberlee 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 63 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Emberlee.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Emberlee?
About 1,900 people born in the US named Emberlee are alive today, with a median age of 6; half are between 4 and 9. That makes Emberlee 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.
Emberlee by state
How common Emberlee was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Oklahoma (3.5×), Ohio (2.5×), Tennessee (2.3×), Indiana (2.2×), Missouri (1.8×). In 22 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 Emberlee: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Emberlee, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Emberlee
How popular is the name Emberlee?
Emberlee was the 1573rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 134 babies. Its best year was 2020, when it ranked 1178th with 197 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,214 places. More babies were named Emberlee in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Emberlee a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Emberlee in the US.
Where is Emberlee most popular?
In 2021–2025, Emberlee was most common in Oklahoma (0.35 per 1,000 girls), followed by Arkansas and Ohio.