Emaly
Feminine
Emaly is Emily with an a in the middle, three syllables, EM-uh-lee, and in speech the same name. On the page the a also makes it look like Emma with an ending added, though Emma and Emily are unrelated names.
How old is the name Emaly?
Emaly first appears in US birth records in 1987 — 38 years ago. The typical Emaly alive today was born around 2005, making them about 20 years old. About 500 people named Emaly are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Emaly most popular?
Emaly peaked in 2004, reaching #4287 nationally. See the whole 2004 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Emaly
Emaly sits at the point where two unrelated names look alike. Said aloud it is Emily, the Roman Aemilia made English. Seen on the page it begins with Emma, the Germanic name of an eleventh-century queen of England, and adds the -ly of Lily and Kimberly. The a in the middle is the only letter doing the work, and it sits in the syllable nobody stresses, so the sound never changes. It is a name either family could claim and neither owns outright.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Emaly has no documented meaning of its own. As a spelling of Emily it goes back to the Roman family name Aemilius, whose meaning is uncertain; read as Emma with a new ending, it would belong to Emma, a Germanic name usually traced to a word for 'whole' or 'great'. The two roots are unrelated, and the record does not say which a family had in mind.
Pronouncing Emaly
EM-uh-lee
Said like Emily. The a sits in the unstressed middle syllable and does not change the sound.
Nicknames for Emaly
Moderate
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
- 1987
- Most girls named
- 200633 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #4287reached in 2004
- Change vs 2022
- −25.0%6 in 2023, from 8
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.
Emalys among us
people named Emaly are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Emaly sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Sounds exactly like Emily, a name every American reader knows.
- Takes Em and Emmy as short forms.
- Written down, Emaly will be read as a misspelling of Emily, and teachers and forms will change the a to an i. Expect to spell it for life.
- Because the sound is Emily's, the name will be heard as common even though this spelling is rare. That is also what makes it easy to say.
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Frequently asked
- How many Emalys are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Emaly are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Emaly in 2025?
- Emaly is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Emaly with classmates?
- Emaly will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More E names
The most-given names starting with E, all years combined.
Elizabeth#17 · Emily#34 · Emma#3 · Evelyn#8 · Ella#29 · Eleanor#12 · Erin#833 · Edna#2458
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