Emberly
Emberly was the 688th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 411 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 526th with 595 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,072 places. More babies were named Emberly in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning Origin not documented
Say it EM-ber-lee /ˈɛmbərli/
- Rank in 2025
- #688 girls, down 134 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 411girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2018595 babies
- Total since 1880
- 5,562babies recorded
What does the name Emberly mean?
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)
Nicknames for Emberly
The usual nicknames for Emberly are Em.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Girls, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Em · also for Emilia, Emily, Emma | Modern | — | — |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are girls given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Emberlys go by each one.
Emberly popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #688 | 411 |
| 2020 | #554 | 536 |
| 2010 | #2,916 | 59 |
| 2000 | #13,683 | 6 |
| 1990 | #8,058 | 10 |
| 1980 | #8,401 | 7 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Emberly, counting every spelling?
Emberly is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #523 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #688 for Emberly 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 Emberly?
411 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Emberly (0.11 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Emberly 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 20 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Emberly.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Emberly?
About 5,500 people born in the US named Emberly are alive today, with a median age of 6; half are between 4 and 9. That makes Emberly 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.
Emberly by state
How common Emberly was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in West Virginia (4.3×), Idaho (2.7×), Kentucky (2.7×), Arkansas (2.6×), Oklahoma (2.5×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in New Jersey, New York, California.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Emberly: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Emberly, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Emberly · Sibling names for Emberly
Questions about the name Emberly
How popular is the name Emberly?
Emberly was the 688th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 411 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 526th with 595 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,072 places. More babies were named Emberly in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Emberly a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Emberly in the US.
Where is Emberly most popular?
In 2021–2025, Emberly was most common in West Virginia (1.26 per 1,000 girls), followed by Wyoming and Montana.