Emi

What Emi means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Emi yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #1,396 in 2015 to #881 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Emi?

US: Rising: up from #1396 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1497 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 303 girls got the name (#881 that year). First in the US records in 1916.

How common

• About 1 in 5,305 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 9,381 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 4,473 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in HI (8.39 per 1,000 girls), CA (0.52 per 1,000 girls), WA (0.52 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Emi is #881 in the US and #1197 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Emi were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Emma12,754 US · 536 E&W
• Amy1,200 US · 117 E&W
• Emmy695 US · 105 E&W
• Eimy238 US
• Ema164 US · 37 E&W
• Emmi124 US · 18 E&W
• Uma55 US · 29 E&W
• Emy63 US · 7 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Emi

Girls

• Eliana#10Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #10 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel
• Myla#210Editor’s note Up from #335 in 2015 to #210 in 2025 in the US
• Eden#70possibly “steppe, garden”^*
• Valentina#35Same root as Valentine, meaning “strong, healthy”^*
• Delilah#51Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #115 in 2015, #51 in 2025
• Naomi#47“my pleasantness”^*

For a brother

• Archer#98Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #289 in 2015, #98 in 2025
• Silas#71Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #71 vs #585 in 2025
• Santiago#26Spanish form of James, meaning “May He Heel”^*
• Tatum#202Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #585 in 2015, #202 in 2025
• Luca#14Form of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Enzo#72“home + ruler”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Emi’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.