girl's name
Emileigh
- Gender Girl
- Letters 8
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 1,453
Emileigh is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
- Peaked in 2005, when 61 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 663,130 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1981.
Emileigh over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1980s 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 |
|---|---|
| 1980s | 51 |
| 1990s | 306 |
| 2000s | 514 |
| 2010s | 410 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 102 |
How popular is Emileigh?
In 2025, Emileigh was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Where Emileigh 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.
How Emileigh is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Emi-Leigh | Emi-Leigh is Emileigh written with a hyphen, recorded mostly in England and Wales. | 8 |
Names that peaked alongside Emileigh
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Emileigh also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Emileigh over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Emileigh
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Emileigh — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Emileigh
How popular is the name Emileigh?
In 2025, Emileigh was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Is Emileigh a girl's or a boy's name?
Emileigh is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Emileigh most popular?
Emileigh peaked in 2005, when 61 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.
Is Emileigh a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Emileigh currently ranks #16,123 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.