Emaline
Feminine · “work”
Emaline is a spelling of Emmeline, and Emmeline came into English from Old French, which had made it from a Germanic name built on amal, a word for work or effort. It is a cousin of Amelia and only a distant relation of Emma, though the three have been muddled together for centuries.
How old is the name Emaline?
Emaline first appears in US birth records in 1885 — 140 years ago. The typical Emaline alive today was born around 2004, making them about 21 years old. About 1,200 people named Emaline are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Emaline most popular?
Emaline peaked in 1888, reaching #894 nationally. Today it ranks #4758, 3,864 places below that high. See the whole 1888 chart.
Where it comes from
From Amelina to Emaline
The story of Emaline
The Normans brought Ameline to England, where it settled as Emeline and Emmeline and stayed in modest use through the Middle Ages. It revived strongly in the nineteenth century, when English and American families were reaching back for medieval names, and it produced a small crowd of spellings: Emmeline, Emeline, Emaline and Emmaline. The -line ending was heard as French and liked for that reason. The whole family went quiet in the twentieth century and has been returning with Emma, Emmy and Emerson.
Meaningscholars disagree
work, effort, industry
Old French Ameline is a diminutive of names in amal-, a Germanic element usually read as work or labor and sometimes as vigor. Emma comes from the same element by a different road. The rival account treats Emmeline as a blend of Emma with the French -line ending, which would give it no separate meaning at all.
How the name formed
- Amelina
- Ameline
- Emmeline
- Emaline
Related forms: Émeline · Emmeline · Amalie · Amelia
Pronouncing Emaline
EM-uh-line
Three syllables, stress in front, the last rhyming with line. Some families say EM-uh-leen instead, which is closer to the French, and both are ordinary.
Nicknames for Emaline
High
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1885
- Most girls named
- 201673 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #894reached in 1888
- Change vs 2023
- −42.9%28 in 2025, from 49
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Emaline in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Émeline in French — same name
- Emmeline in English — spelling variant
- Amalie in German — related form
- Amelia in Italian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, North Carolina, Georgia.
Emalines among us
people named Emaline are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 57,402 born in 2025 was named Emaline
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Emaline
- #4758
- Emaline on the 2025 chart
- #740
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Emaline went to 28 girls in 2025, but Emmaline, Emmalyne and Emmalynne are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 221, which makes it the 740th most-given girls’ name of the year — 4,018 places above the chart.
- Emmaline182
- Emaline28
- Emmalyne6
- Emmalynne5
About 1 girl in 7,273 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 57,402 for Emaline itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Emaline sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Emaline is headed
Emaline should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Emaline beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Emaline in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- It offers several short forms of very different registers, from Em to Lina.
- It has a documented medieval record and a nineteenth-century American one.
- It is long and formal on paper while being easy in the mouth.
- Emmeline, Emmaline and Emaline are all in use and none of them is clearly standard.
- Two endings circulate, -line and -leen, so the name is said two ways.
- Emma is so heavily used that the short form will not be distinctive.
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Frequently asked
- How many Emalines are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,200 people named Emaline are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Emaline?
- Emaline is one of 4 recorded spellings. Emmaline is the more common one — 182 births in 2025 against 28 for Emaline.
- How popular is the name Emaline in 2025?
- Emaline ranks #4758 among US girl names in 2025, with 28 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Emaline?
- About 1 in every 57,402 US girls born in 2025 was named Emaline — 28 in all.
- Will my child share the name Emaline with classmates?
- Emaline will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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