Emmylou
Emmylou was the 2283rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 80 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 2049th with 94 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 312 places. More babies were named Emmylou in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,283 girls, down 19 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 80girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202194 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,274babies recorded
Emmylou popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,283 | 80 |
| 2020 | #2,264 | 79 |
| 2010 | #6,250 | 21 |
| 2000 | — | — |
| 1990 | #13,633 | 5 |
| 1980 | #3,642 | 22 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
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| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Emmylou, counting every spelling?
Emmylou is the most common spelling of a name family that had 80 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 80 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmylou | 80 | #2,283 | 373 |
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 Emmylou?
80 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Emmylou (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Emmylou 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 105 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Emmylou.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Emmylou?
About 1,300 people born in the US named Emmylou are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 5 and 14. That makes Emmylou 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.
Emmylou by state
How common Emmylou was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 42 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 Emmylou: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Emmylou, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Emmylou
How popular is the name Emmylou?
Emmylou was the 2283rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 80 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 2049th with 94 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 312 places. More babies were named Emmylou in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Emmylou a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Emmylou in the US.
Where is Emmylou most popular?
In 2021–2025, Emmylou was most common in Kansas (0.09 per 1,000 girls), followed by Washington and North Carolina.