Emmalyn
Emmalyn was the 1137th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 204 babies. Its best year was 2015, when it ranked 456th with 693 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 681 places. More babies were named Emmalyn in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning Emma + Lyn, or variant of Emmeline · English, Germanic
Say it EM-uh-lin /ˈɛməlɪn/
- Rank in 2025
- #1,137 girls, down 423 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 204girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2015693 babies
- Total since 1880
- 8,847babies recorded
What does the name Emmalyn mean?
Emmalyn is, according to Wiktionary, either a combination of Emma with the -lyn ending or a variant of Emmeline. Emma began as a Germanic short form of names beginning with ermen-, which DMNES glosses 'strong'; Emmeline goes back to Old French Ameline, from the Germanic element amal- 'work, vigor'. Recorded in the US since 1946, Emmalyn became more common in the 2000s alongside Emma.
ermen- (Old High German, “strong (DMNES); whole, great”)Ameline (Old French, “Emmeline”)
How sure is this? Probable. Two possible sources; both Germanic elements are reconstructions.
Related names: Emma, Emmeline, Emmalynn, Emily.
See also: Germanic names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Emmalyn', Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Emma', DMNES (Durham University)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (our computation), SSA (public domain)
Nicknames for Emmalyn
The usual nicknames for Emmalyn are Emmy. Some parents skip the long form: for every 100 girls named Emmalyn in the last five years, 235 were named Emmy, against 219 twenty years earlier.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Girls, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmy · also for Emilia, Emily, Emma | Modern | #445 | 3,181 |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are girls given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Emmalyns go by each one.
Emmalyn popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,137 | 204 |
| 2020 | #714 | 392 |
| 2010 | #745 | 375 |
| 2000 | #3,291 | 41 |
| 1990 | #8,062 | 10 |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Emmalyn, counting every spelling?
Emmalyn is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #495 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,137 for Emmalyn on its own. Together these spellings went to 637 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmalyn | 204 | #1,137 | 1,353 |
| Emmaline | 182 | #1,236 | 1,037 |
| Emmalynn | 139 | #1,530 | 850 |
| Emalyn | 31 | #4,481 | 231 |
| Emaline | 28 | #4,801 | 206 |
| Emalynn | 21 | #5,777 | 127 |
| Emmalin | 9 | #10,348 | 62 |
| Emmalene | 7 | #12,285 | 55 |
| Emmalyne | 6 | #13,718 | 37 |
| Emmalynne | 5 | #15,611 | 28 |
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 Emmalyn?
204 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Emmalyn (0.06 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Emmalyn 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 41 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Emmalyn.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Emmalyn?
About 8,800 people born in the US named Emmalyn are alive today, with a median age of 11; half are between 7 and 14. That makes Emmalyn 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.
Emmalyn by state
How common Emmalyn was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Wisconsin (2.4×), Oklahoma (2.1×), Ohio (1.9×), Indiana (1.9×), Kentucky (1.8×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Emmalyn: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Emmalyn, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Emmalyn · Sibling names for Emmalyn
Questions about the name Emmalyn
What does Emmalyn mean?
Emmalyn means “Emma + Lyn, or variant of Emmeline” (English, Germanic origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Emmalyn?
Emmalyn was the 1137th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 204 babies. Its best year was 2015, when it ranked 456th with 693 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 681 places. More babies were named Emmalyn in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Emmalyn a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Emmalyn in the US.
Where is Emmalyn most popular?
In 2021–2025, Emmalyn was most common in Wisconsin (0.40 per 1,000 girls), followed by Oklahoma and Ohio.