# Emmy (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/emmy/  
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 | /ˈɛmi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Emmie, Emme |
| US babies named this | 12,963 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 12,963 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,869, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Shortening.

## 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 | 350 | 778 |
| 2012 | 387 | 718 |
| 2013 | 436 | 651 |
| 2014 | 433 | 660 |
| 2015 | 467 | 619 |
| 2016 | 480 | 622 |
| 2017 | 496 | 611 |
| 2018 | 580 | 540 |
| 2019 | 640 | 490 |
| 2020 | 585 | 518 |
| 2021 | 571 | 538 |
| 2022 | 623 | 506 |
| 2023 | 600 | 505 |
| 2024 | 692 | 453 |
| 2025 | 695 | 445 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 71 | 569 |
| 2012 | 86 | 504 |
| 2013 | 91 | 460 |
| 2014 | 112 | 393 |
| 2015 | 102 | 432 |
| 2016 | 76 | 553 |
| 2017 | 84 | 511 |
| 2018 | 94 | 458 |
| 2019 | 61 | 641 |
| 2020 | 81 | 501 |
| 2021 | 94 | 459 |
| 2022 | 94 | 449 |
| 2023 | 85 | 467 |
| 2024 | 76 | 516 |
| 2025 | 105 | 396 |

## People named Emmy

- Emmy Noether, German Jewish mathematician (1882–1935)
- Emmy Göring, German actress, art collector (1893-1973)
- Emmy Raver-Lampman, American actress and singer
- Emmy Clarke, American actress
- Emmy Albus, German athletics competitor (1911–1995)
- Emmy Murphy, American mathematician
- Emmy Achté, Finnish opera singer
- Emmy Andriesse, Dutch photographer (1914–1953)
- Emmy Verhey, Dutch violinist
- Emmy Bridgwater, British artist (1906–1999)
- Emmy Klieneberger-Nobel, British German-born microbiologist
- Emmy the Great, English Singer-Songwriter

## 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.