Embry
Embry was the 5015th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 26 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 2656th with 65 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,824 places. More babies were named Embry in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,015 girls, down 817 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 26girls
- Girls and boys
- 84% girls, 16% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201865 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,091babies recorded
Embry popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | #5,015 | — | 26 | — |
| 2020 | #4,198 | #7,683 | 33 | 10 |
| 2010 | #4,129 | #2,976 | 36 | 39 |
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How popular is Embry, counting every spelling?
Embry is the most common spelling of a name family that had 43 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 43 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Embry | 26 | #5,015 | 165 |
| Embrie | 12 | #8,516 | 67 |
| Embri | 5 | #15,597 | 26 |
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 Embry?
26 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Embry (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Embry 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 323 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Embry.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Embry?
About 700 people born in the US named Embry are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 6 and 13. That makes Embry 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.
Embry by state
How common Embry was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 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 Embry: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Embry, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Embry
How popular is the name Embry?
Embry was the 5015th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 26 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 2656th with 65 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,824 places. More babies were named Embry in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Embry a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 84% girls, 16% boys given the name Embry in the US.
Where is Embry most popular?
In 2021–2025, Embry was most common in Kentucky (0.07 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and Texas.