Emberlee
Feminine · “glowing coal”
Emberlee joins Ember to the -lee ending, and an ember is a genuinely old English word — æmyrge, the glowing coal left when the flame has gone.
How old is the name Emberlee?
Emberlee first appears in US birth records in 2002 — 23 years ago. The typical Emberlee is a kid of about 5 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,900 people named Emberlee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Emberlee most popular?
Emberlee peaked in 2020, reaching #1177 nationally. Today it ranks #1570, 393 places below that high. See the whole 2020 chart.
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Where it comes from
From æmyrge to Emberlee
The story of Emberlee
Ember rose as an American girls' name from the 2000s among the fire and nature words — Ember, Aspen, Wren, Winter. American families then built -lee and -lynn compounds on it, as they had on Emma and Addie. Emberlee appears in the American registers in the 2010s and is in current use.
Meaning
glowing coal
Through Ember, from the Old English æmyrge, 'ember' or 'ashes' — the b was inserted later by English speakers who found the m-r cluster awkward, the same way it appeared in slumber and number. The -lee ending is a modern American suffix from the Old English leah, 'clearing'.
How the name formed
- æmyrge
- ember
- Ember
- Emberlee
Related forms: Emberly · Emberlynn · Ember
Pronouncing Emberlee
EM-bur-lee
Three syllables, stress on the first. Emberlee and Emberly are said identically.
Nicknames for Emberlee
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
- 2002
- Most girls named
- 2020197 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1177reached in 2020
- Change vs 2024
- −14.6%134 in 2025, from 157
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.
Emberlee in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Emberly in English — spelling variant
- Emberlynn in English — related form
- Ember in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Ohio, Tennessee.
Emberlees among us
people named Emberlee are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 11,995 born in 2025 was named Emberlee
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Heide test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Emberlee's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Heide climbed just as high around 1968, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Heide's path sketches the road Emberlee is walking now.
Emberlee 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 Emberlee is headed
Emberlee should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium 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.
Emberlee beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Emberlee in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The inserted b is a genuinely good piece of English sound history.
- Ember and Em are two short forms, both with real currency.
- Three syllables with a front stress, which holds up against a short surname.
- The compound is a modern formation rather than an inherited name.
- Several spellings of the ending are in circulation.
- Kimberly is close enough in sound to cause confusion.
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Frequently asked
- How many Emberlees are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,900 people named Emberlee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Emberlee in 2025?
- Emberlee ranks #1570 among US girl names in 2025, with 134 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Emberlee?
- About 1 in every 11,995 US girls born in 2025 was named Emberlee — 134 in all.
- Will my child share the name Emberlee with classmates?
- Emberlee will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Emberlee
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