# Emi (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/emi/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,360 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 4,360 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 474, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 135 | 1,606 |
| 2012 | 156 | 1,461 |
| 2013 | 135 | 1,589 |
| 2014 | 200 | 1,223 |
| 2015 | 168 | 1,397 |
| 2016 | 174 | 1,360 |
| 2017 | 120 | 1,756 |
| 2018 | 158 | 1,417 |
| 2019 | 166 | 1,361 |
| 2020 | 161 | 1,358 |
| 2021 | 175 | 1,295 |
| 2022 | 202 | 1,192 |
| 2023 | 213 | 1,138 |
| 2024 | 260 | 996 |
| 2025 | 303 | 882 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 16 | 1,729 |
| 2012 | 22 | 1,428 |
| 2013 | 20 | 1,537 |
| 2014 | 17 | 1,702 |
| 2015 | 21 | 1,497 |
| 2016 | 23 | 1,416 |
| 2017 | 21 | 1,512 |
| 2018 | 22 | 1,436 |
| 2019 | 18 | 1,634 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,939 |
| 2021 | 25 | 1,286 |
| 2022 | 20 | 1,501 |
| 2023 | 21 | 1,469 |
| 2024 | 28 | 1,198 |
| 2025 | 27 | 1,197 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## People named Emi

- Emi Suzuki, Chinese model occasional and actress
- Emi Nakamura, American economist
- Emi Nishikori, field hockey player
- Xiao San, Chinese poet and writer (1896-1983)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.