girl's name
Emmalee
- Gender Girl
- Letters 7
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 9,815
Emmalee is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 47 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
- Peaked in 2005, when 441 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 70,542 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1909.
Emmalee over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1900s 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 |
|---|---|
| 1900s | 7 |
| 1910s | 57 |
| 1920s | 87 |
| 1930s | 43 |
| 1940s | 35 |
| 1960s | 11 |
| 1970s | 83 |
| 1980s | 352 |
| 1990s | 1,340 |
| 2000s | 3,596 |
| 2010s | 2,846 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 551 |
How popular is Emmalee?
In 2025, Emmalee was given to 47 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Where Emmalee 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 Emmalee is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Emma-Lee | Emma-Lee is Emmalee written with a hyphen, recorded mostly in Canada. | 458 |
Names that peaked alongside Emmalee
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Emmalee also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Emmalee over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Emmalee
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Emmalee — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Emmalee
How popular is the name Emmalee?
In 2025, Emmalee was given to 47 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Is Emmalee a girl's or a boy's name?
Emmalee is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Emmalee most popular?
Emmalee peaked in 2005, when 441 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.
Is Emmalee a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Emmalee currently ranks #3,313 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.