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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Emberleigh

Emberleigh was the 1849th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 108 babies. Its best year was 2020, when it ranked 1656th; the most babies were born in 2023 (125). Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,907 places. More babies were named Emberleigh in the 2020s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#1,849 girls, down 193 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
108girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
2023125 babies
Total since 1880
1,046babies recorded

Emberleigh popularity since 1880

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Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#1,849108
2020#1,656124
2010#10,65310
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How popular is Emberleigh, counting every spelling?

Emberleigh has no other common spelling that sounds the same. Counting every name's spellings together, it ranks #1,664 for girls in 2025, against #1,849 on the official list.

How many kids will share the name Emberleigh?

108 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Emberleigh (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Emberleigh 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 78 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Emberleigh.

Chance of another Emberleigh in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inKentuckyunder 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 Emberleigh?

About 1,000 people born in the US named Emberleigh are alive today, with a median age of 5; half are between 3 and 8. That makes Emberleigh a young name: most people with it are children.

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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.

Emberleigh by state

How common Emberleigh was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Kentucky (5.3×), Indiana (3.0×), Tennessee (3.0×), Ohio (2.0×). In 30 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: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesWI0.05Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesIL0.03Michigan: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesMI0.03New York: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesNY0.01Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesIN0.21Ohio: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesOH0.14Pennsylvania: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesPA0.02New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesCA0.01Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: 0.36 per 1,000 babiesKY0.36West Virginia: 0.27 per 1,000 babiesWV0.27Virginia: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesVA0.03Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesAR0.13Tennessee: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesTN0.20North Carolina: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesNC0.07South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesOK0.07Louisiana: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesLA0.11Mississippi: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesMS0.11Alabama: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesAL0.18Georgia: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesGA0.05Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesTX0.04Florida: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesFL0.01
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Emberleigh, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Emberleigh

How popular is the name Emberleigh?

Emberleigh was the 1849th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 108 babies. Its best year was 2020, when it ranked 1656th; the most babies were born in 2023 (125). Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,907 places. More babies were named Emberleigh in the 2020s than in any other decade.

Is Emberleigh a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Emberleigh in the US.

Where is Emberleigh most popular?

In 2021–2025, Emberleigh was most common in Kentucky (0.36 per 1,000 girls), followed by West Virginia and Indiana.