girl's name

Emilee

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 25,530

Northern Ireland

#531

2016 births

Emilee is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 106 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2004, when 1,025 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 31,277 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1916.

Emilee 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.

8,825
'10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Emilee by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 33
1920s 57
1930s 73
1940s 89
1950s 68
1960s 67
1970s 509
1980s 2,049
1990s 6,574
2000s 8,825
2010s 4,727
2020s (to 2025) 956

How popular is Emilee?

In 2025, Emilee was given to 106 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Emilee is used

Northern Ireland #531 3 in 2016
Scotland #922 3 in 2019
Ireland #1,043 3 in 2019
United States #1,870 106 in 2025
Canada #2,642 8 in 2024
England & Wales #3,262 8 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

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 Emilee

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Emilee also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Emilee over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Emilee

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Emilee — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Emilee

How popular is the name Emilee?

In 2025, Emilee was given to 106 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Emilee a girl's or a boy's name?

Emilee is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Emilee most popular?

Emilee peaked in 2004, when 1,025 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Emilee a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Emilee currently ranks #1,870 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.