Emiyah
Emiyah was the 8518th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 2016, when it ranked 3605th with 43 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,760 places. More babies were named Emiyah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #8,518 girls, down 4,661 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 12girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201643 babies
- Total since 1880
- 596babies recorded
Emiyah popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
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| 2025 | #8,518 | 12 |
| 2020 | #3,857 | 37 |
| 2010 | #6,247 | 21 |
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How popular is Emiyah, counting every spelling?
Emiyah is the most common spelling of a name family that had 18 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 18 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emiyah | 12 | #8,518 | 87 |
| Emiya | 6 | #13,716 | 48 |
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 Emiyah?
12 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Emiyah (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Emiyah 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 705 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Emiyah.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Emiyah?
About 600 people born in the US named Emiyah are alive today, with a median age of 12; half are between 7 and 17. That makes Emiyah 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.
Emiyah by state
How common Emiyah was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 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 Emiyah: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Emiyah, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Emiyah
How popular is the name Emiyah?
Emiyah was the 8518th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 2016, when it ranked 3605th with 43 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,760 places. More babies were named Emiyah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Emiyah a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Emiyah in the US.
Where is Emiyah most popular?
In 2021–2025, Emiyah was most common in California (0.01 per 1,000 girls).