# Emilee (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/emilee/  
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 | 24,027 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 8 / 24,019 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 559, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Modern variant of Emily, influenced by Lee.

## 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 | 593 | 499 |
| 2012 | 555 | 542 |
| 2013 | 571 | 521 |
| 2014 | 497 | 593 |
| 2015 | 515 | 586 |
| 2016 | 412 | 699 |
| 2017 | 324 | 839 |
| 2018 | 355 | 768 |
| 2019 | 266 | 975 |
| 2020 | 248 | 1,016 |
| 2021 | 184 | 1,265 |
| 2022 | 162 | 1,408 |
| 2023 | 136 | 1,559 |
| 2024 | 120 | 1,703 |
| 2025 | 106 | 1,867 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 8 | 8,369 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 23 | 1,332 |
| 2011 | 20 | 1,489 |
| 2012 | 17 | 1,720 |
| 2013 | 34 | 1,048 |
| 2014 | 39 | 940 |
| 2015 | 41 | 891 |
| 2016 | 36 | 994 |
| 2017 | 25 | 1,330 |
| 2018 | 15 | 1,887 |
| 2019 | 13 | 2,040 |
| 2020 | 13 | 2,042 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,942 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2,325 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3,035 |

## 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.