Emberlyn
Emberlyn was the 1320th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 169 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 1058th with 238 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 591 places. More babies were named Emberlyn in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Emberlynn) ember + -lynn (modern coinage) · American English, Old English
- Rank in 2025
- #1,320 girls, up 132 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 169girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2021238 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,196babies recorded
What does the name Emberlyn mean?
Emberlyn is a spelling of Emberlynn, pronounced the same way, so it shares Emberlynn's meaning and origin.
Emberlynn is a recent coinage combining Ember with the popular -lynn ending; Wiktionary describes it as a 20th-century coinage, and SSA records it from 2003. Ember is the English word for a glowing coal, from Old English ǣmerge 'embers, hot ashes', related to Old Norse eimyrja. Ember was already in use as a girls' word name, so Emberlynn means what its parts mean rather than continuing an older name.
ǣmerge (Old English, “embers, hot ashes”)
How sure is this? Probable.
Related names: Ember, Emberly, Emmalyn.
See also: American names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Emberlynn', Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Wiktionary, entry 'ember' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (our computation), SSA (public domain)
Emberlyn popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
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| 2025 | #1,320 | 169 |
| 2020 | #1,452 | 149 |
| 2010 | #4,331 | 34 |
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How popular is Emberlyn, counting every spelling?
Emberlyn is a spelling of Emberlynn, a name family that ranked #631 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,320 for Emberlyn on its own. Together these spellings went to 461 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emberlynn | 281 | #929 | 1,517 |
| Emberlyn | 169 | #1,320 | 977 |
| Emberlin | 5 | #15,596 | 40 |
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 Emberlyn?
169 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Emberlyn (0.05 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Emberlyn 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 50 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Emberlyn.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Emberlyn?
About 2,200 people born in the US named Emberlyn are alive today, with a median age of 6; half are between 4 and 10. That makes Emberlyn 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.
Emberlyn by state
How common Emberlyn was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Kentucky (4.6×), Oklahoma (3.6×), Arkansas (3.5×), Missouri (3.1×), Louisiana (2.1×). 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 Emberlyn: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Emberlyn, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Emberlyn
What does Emberlyn mean?
Emberlyn is a spelling of Emberlynn, which means “ember + -lynn (modern coinage)” (American English, Old English origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Emberlyn?
Emberlyn was the 1320th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 169 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 1058th with 238 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 591 places. More babies were named Emberlyn in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Emberlyn a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Emberlyn in the US.
Where is Emberlyn most popular?
In 2021–2025, Emberlyn was most common in Kentucky (0.55 per 1,000 girls), followed by West Virginia and Oklahoma.