girl's name

Emmaline

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 4
  • Letters 8
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 7,644

Scotland

#593

1979 births

Emmaline is a girl's name with 4 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 182 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2014, when 313 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 18,216 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • 4 syllables, with the stress on syllable 3.

Emmaline over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

2,808
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Emmaline by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 67
1890s 80
1900s 106
1910s 281
1920s 312
1930s 192
1940s 140
1950s 85
1960s 34
1970s 31
1980s 116
1990s 566
2000s 1,305
2010s 2,808
2020s (to 2025) 1,299

How popular is Emmaline?

In 2025, Emmaline was given to 182 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Emmaline is used

Scotland #593 3 in 1979
United States #1,239 182 in 2025
Canada #2,043 11 in 2024
England & Wales #5,264 4 in 2019

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 Emmaline

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

Parents who like Emmaline also like

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

Sibling names for Emmaline

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

Common questions about Emmaline

How popular is the name Emmaline?

In 2025, Emmaline was given to 182 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

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

Emmaline is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Emmaline?

Emmaline has 4 syllables.

When was Emmaline most popular?

Emmaline peaked in 2014, when 313 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Emmaline a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Emmaline currently ranks #1,239 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.