Emmy

What Emmy means

Diminutive of Emily, meaning “rival, emulator”

diminutive of Emily || English form of Latin Aemilia, a gens name from aemulus (“rival, emulator”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Emmy” (revision 90141245) and “Emily” (revision 94539086), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Emmy?

US: Rising: up from #618 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #432 in 2015, #396 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 695 girls got the name (#445 that year). First in the US records in 1885.

How common

• About 1 in 2,313 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,412 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 778 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 DE (2.66 per 1,000 girls), UT (1.11 per 1,000 girls), OR (1.0 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Emmy is #445 in the US and #396 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 Emmy were girls.

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

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Emma12,754 US · 536 E&W
• Amy1,200 US · 117 E&W
• Emi303 US · 27 E&W
• Eimy238 US
• Ema164 US · 37 E&W
• Emmi124 US · 18 E&W
• Emy63 US · 7 E&W
• Ammy40 US

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

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Emmie
• Emme

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Emmy

Girls

• Violet#13From the word “violet”^*
• Eliana#10Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #10 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel
• Evelyn#8Same root as Eileen, possibly meaning “radiance, beauty”^*
• Lucy#24“light”^*
• Emery#74Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #74 vs #1,197 in 2025
• Ruby#64Editor’s note Up from #83 in 2015 to #64 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 450 US girls in the 2025 records

For a brother

• Asher#28Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #28 vs #150 in 2025
• Emerson#254Editor’s note Up from #300 in 2015 to #254 in 2025 in the US
• Silas#71Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #71 vs #585 in 2025
• Archer#98Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #289 in 2015, #98 in 2025
• Judah#178Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #178 vs #404 in 2025
• Santiago#26Spanish form of James, meaning “May He Heel”^*

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 Emmy’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.