Emy
Emy was the 2728th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 63 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 2675th with 65 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,290 places. More babies were named Emy in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Emmy) pet form of Emma, Emily or Amelia · English, Germanic, Latin
- Rank in 2025
- #2,728 girls, up 132 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 63girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202465 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,497babies recorded
What does the name Emy mean?
Emy is a spelling of Emmy, pronounced the same way, so it shares Emmy's meaning and origin.
Emmy is a pet form of Emily, Emma, Emmeline or Amelia, as Wiktionary notes, and is also given as a name on its own. DMNES explains Emma as originally a pet form of Germanic names beginning with ermen, "whole, great", and Emily as Latin, from Aemilius. Its meaning therefore depends on the name it shortens.
ermen (Old High German, “whole, great”)
How sure is this? Well established. A pet form of several names.
Related names: Emma, Emily, Emmie, Amelia.
See also: English names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Emmy', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources (ed. S. L. Uckelman), Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Emma', DMNES, Durham University
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources (ed. S. L. Uckelman), Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Emily', DMNES, Durham University
Emy popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,728 | 63 |
| 2020 | #2,860 | 57 |
| 2010 | #5,843 | 23 |
| 2000 | #5,197 | 22 |
| 1990 | #9,538 | 8 |
| 1980 | #4,799 | 15 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | #4,556 | 9 |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | #4,005 | 6 |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Emy, counting every spelling?
Emy is a spelling of Emmy, a name family that ranked #263 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,728 for Emy on its own. Together these spellings went to 1,305 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmy | 695 | #445 | 3,181 |
| Emmie | 407 | #695 | 1,999 |
| Emmi | 124 | #1,669 | 566 |
| Emy | 63 | #2,728 | 275 |
| Emie | 16 | #6,927 | 71 |
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 Emy?
63 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Emy (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Emy 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 133 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Emy.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Emy?
About 1,400 people born in the US named Emy are alive today, with a median age of 17; half are between 7 and 30. That makes Emy mostly worn by children and young adults.
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.
Emy by state
How common Emy was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Florida (1.6×). In 44 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 Emy: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Emy, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Emy
What does Emy mean?
Emy is a spelling of Emmy, which means “pet form of Emma, Emily or Amelia” (English, Germanic, Latin origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Emy?
Emy was the 2728th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 63 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 2675th with 65 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,290 places. More babies were named Emy in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Emy a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Emy in the US.
Where is Emy most popular?
In 2021–2025, Emy was most common in Florida (0.06 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and California.