girl's name
Emmaleigh
- Gender Girl
- Letters 9
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 2,862
Scotland
#837
as Emma-Leigh, 2013
Emmaleigh is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 23 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
- Peaked in 2010, when 143 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 144,155 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1986.
Emmaleigh 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 | 20 |
| 1990s | 248 |
| 2000s | 982 |
| 2010s | 1,081 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 215 |
How popular is Emmaleigh?
In 2025, Emmaleigh was given to 23 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Where Emmaleigh 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 Emmaleigh is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Emma-Leigh | Emma-Leigh is Emmaleigh written with a hyphen, recorded mostly in Canada. | 288 |
Names that peaked alongside Emmaleigh
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Emmaleigh also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Emmaleigh over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Emmaleigh
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Emmaleigh — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Emmaleigh
How popular is the name Emmaleigh?
In 2025, Emmaleigh was given to 23 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Is Emmaleigh a girl's or a boy's name?
Emmaleigh is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Emmaleigh most popular?
Emmaleigh peaked in 2010, when 143 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.
Is Emmaleigh a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Emmaleigh currently ranks #5,447 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.