Emsley
Emsley was the 3666th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 41 babies. Its best year was 2015, when it ranked 2566th with 70 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,100 places. More babies were named Emsley in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,666 girls, down 313 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 41girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201570 babies
- Total since 1880
- 807babies recorded
Emsley popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 10 since 1916.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
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| 2025 | #3,666 | 41 |
| 2020 | #3,353 | 46 |
| 2010 | #4,892 | 29 |
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How popular is Emsley, counting every spelling?
Emsley is the most common spelling of a name family that had 41 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 41 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emsley | 41 | #3,666 | 174 |
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 Emsley?
41 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Emsley (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Emsley 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 204 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Emsley.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Emsley?
About 800 people born in the US named Emsley are alive today, with a median age of 10; half are between 6 and 13. That makes Emsley 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.
Emsley by state
How common Emsley was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 48 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 Emsley: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Emsley, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Emsley
How popular is the name Emsley?
Emsley was the 3666th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 41 babies. Its best year was 2015, when it ranked 2566th with 70 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,100 places. More babies were named Emsley in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Emsley a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Emsley in the US.
Where is Emsley most popular?
In 2021–2025, Emsley was most common in Alabama (0.06 per 1,000 girls), followed by North Carolina and Texas.