Emberlynn
Emberlynn was the 929th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 281 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 797th with 354 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 958 places. More babies were named Emberlynn in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning ember + -lynn (modern coinage) · American English, Old English
Say it EM-ber-lin /ˈɛmbɚlɪn/
- Rank in 2025
- #929 girls, up 313 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 281girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2023354 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,961babies recorded
What does the name Emberlynn mean?
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)
Nicknames for Emberlynn
The usual nicknames for Emberlynn 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 Emberlynns go by each one.
Emberlynn popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
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| 2025 | #929 | 281 |
| 2020 | #1,242 | 183 |
| 2010 | #3,643 | 43 |
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How popular is Emberlynn, counting every spelling?
Emberlynn is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #631 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #929 for Emberlynn 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 Emberlynn?
281 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Emberlynn (0.08 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Emberlynn 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 30 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Emberlynn.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Emberlynn?
About 2,900 people born in the US named Emberlynn are alive today, with a median age of 5; half are between 3 and 9. That makes Emberlynn 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.
Emberlynn by state
How common Emberlynn was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Arkansas (5.1×), Kentucky (4.4×), Oklahoma (4.2×), Missouri (3.3×), Tennessee (2.3×). In 19 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 Emberlynn: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Emberlynn, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Emberlynn · Sibling names for Emberlynn
Questions about the name Emberlynn
What does Emberlynn mean?
Emberlynn means “ember + -lynn (modern coinage)” (American English, Old English origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Emberlynn?
Emberlynn was the 929th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 281 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 797th with 354 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 958 places. More babies were named Emberlynn in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Emberlynn a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Emberlynn in the US.
Where is Emberlynn most popular?
In 2021–2025, Emberlynn was most common in Arkansas (0.95 per 1,000 girls), followed by Kentucky and Oklahoma.