Emilyn
Emilyn was the 5135th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 25 babies. Its best year was 2012, when it ranked 2021st with 96 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,570 places. More babies were named Emilyn in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,135 girls, down 1,622 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 25girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201296 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,525babies recorded
Emilyn popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,135 | 25 |
| 2020 | #3,513 | 43 |
| 2010 | #2,498 | 74 |
| 2000 | #5,544 | 20 |
| 1990 | #7,472 | 11 |
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How popular is Emilyn, counting every spelling?
Emilyn is the most common spelling of a name family that had 88 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 88 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emilyn | 25 | #5,135 | 154 |
| Emilynn | 18 | #6,391 | 86 |
| Emiline | 13 | #8,014 | 63 |
| Emmilyn | 10 | #9,651 | 49 |
| Emilene | 10 | #9,646 | 31 |
| Emmilene | 12 | #8,519 | 25 |
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 Emilyn?
25 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Emilyn (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Emilyn 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 337 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Emilyn.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Emilyn?
About 1,500 people born in the US named Emilyn are alive today, with a median age of 14; half are between 9 and 20. That makes Emilyn mostly worn by children and young adults.
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.
Emilyn by state
How common Emilyn was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 47 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
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Questions about the name Emilyn
How popular is the name Emilyn?
Emilyn was the 5135th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 25 babies. Its best year was 2012, when it ranked 2021st with 96 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,570 places. More babies were named Emilyn in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Emilyn a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Emilyn in the US.
Where is Emilyn most popular?
In 2021–2025, Emilyn was most common in North Carolina (0.02 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and Florida.