Emrys
Emrys was the 1260th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 157 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1141st with 185 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,157 places. More babies were named Emrys in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,260 boys, up 530 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 157boys
- Girls and boys
- 21% girls, 79% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2024185 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,651babies recorded
Emrys popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | #4,483 | #1,260 | 31 | 157 |
| 2020 | #4,929 | #1,790 | 26 | 84 |
| 2010 | #13,920 | #8,335 | 7 | 9 |
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How popular is Emrys, counting every spelling?
Emrys is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,149 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,260 for Emrys on its own. Together these spellings went to 168 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emrys | 157 | #1,260 | 657 |
| Emris | 11 | #7,327 | 36 |
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 Emrys?
157 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Emrys (0.04 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Emrys 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 53 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Emrys.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Emrys?
About 1,300 people born in the US named Emrys are alive today, with a median age of 5; half are between 2 and 9. That makes Emrys 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.
Emrys by state
How common Emrys was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 30 states fewer than five boys 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 Emrys: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Emrys, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Emrys
How popular is the name Emrys?
Emrys was the 1260th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 157 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1141st with 185 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,157 places. More babies were named Emrys in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Emrys a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 21% girls, 79% boys given the name Emrys in the US.
Where is Emrys most popular?
In 2021–2025, Emrys was most common in Colorado (0.15 per 1,000 boys), followed by Idaho and Wisconsin.