girl's name

Emmi

  • Origin Finnish
  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 3,205

Scotland

#616

2023 births

Emmi is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 124 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Emmi is a name of Finnish origin.
  • Peaked in 2018, when 127 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 26,737 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1975.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Emmi over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

942
'70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Emmi by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 19
1980s 13
1990s 122
2000s 561
2010s 942
2020s (to 2025) 678

How popular is Emmi?

In 2025, Emmi was given to 124 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Emmi is used

Scotland #616 5 in 2023
Ireland #1,100 3 in 2024
United States #1,670 124 in 2025
England & Wales #1,708 18 in 2025
Canada #2,635 8 in 2023
France #7,071 5 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 Emmi

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

Parents who like Emmi also like

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

Emmi in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Japanese
Emi
Sakizaya
Emi
Seediq
Emi

Sibling names for Emmi

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

Common questions about Emmi

How popular is the name Emmi?

In 2025, Emmi was given to 124 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

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

Emmi is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Emmi?

Emmi has 2 syllables.

When was Emmi most popular?

Emmi peaked in 2018, when 127 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Emmi a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Emmi currently ranks #1,670 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.