girl's name
Emalee
- Gender Girl
- Letters 6
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 3,908
Emalee is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 13 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
- Peaked in 2005, when 236 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 255,037 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1918.
Emalee over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1910s | 11 |
| 1920s | 19 |
| 1930s | 5 |
| 1940s | 21 |
| 1960s | 6 |
| 1970s | 23 |
| 1980s | 189 |
| 1990s | 756 |
| 2000s | 1,702 |
| 2010s | 944 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 138 |
How popular is Emalee?
In 2025, Emalee was given to 13 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Where Emalee is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Emalee
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Emalee also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Emalee over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Emalee
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Emalee — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Emalee
How popular is the name Emalee?
In 2025, Emalee was given to 13 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Is Emalee a girl's or a boy's name?
Emalee is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Emalee most popular?
Emalee peaked in 2005, when 236 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.
Is Emalee a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Emalee currently ranks #7,973 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.