Emberleigh
Feminine · “glowing coal”
Emberleigh joins Ember to the -leigh ending, and an ember is genuinely old English — æmyrge, the glowing coal left when the flame has gone.
How old is the name Emberleigh?
Emberleigh first appears in US birth records in 2009 — 16 years ago. The typical Emberleigh is a kid of about 4 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,000 people named Emberleigh are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Emberleigh most popular?
Emberleigh peaked in 2020, reaching #1654 nationally. Today it ranks #1844, 190 places below that high. See the whole 2020 chart.
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Where it comes from
From æmyrge to Emberleigh
The story of Emberleigh
Ember rose as an American girls' name from the 2000s among the fire and nature words — Ember, Aspen, Wren, Winter. American families then built -leigh and -lynn compounds on it. Emberleigh appears in the American registers in the 2010s and is in current use, one of several spellings.
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 insertion that gave slumber and number their b. The -leigh ending is from leah, 'clearing'.
How the name formed
- æmyrge
- ember
- Ember
- Emberleigh
Related forms: Emberlee · Emberly · Ember
Pronouncing Emberleigh
EM-bur-lee
Three syllables, stress on the first. Emberleigh, Emberlee and Emberly are said identically.
Nicknames for Emberleigh
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
- 2009
- Most girls named
- 2023125 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1654reached in 2020
- Change vs 2024
- −7.7%108 in 2025, from 117
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.
Emberleigh in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Emberlee in English — spelling variant
- Emberly in English — spelling variant
- Ember in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Tennessee, Ohio.
Emberleighs among us
people named Emberleigh are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 14,882 born in 2025 was named Emberleigh
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 Kiyah test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Emberleigh's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Kiyah climbed just as high around 2002, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Kiyah's path sketches the road Emberleigh is walking now.
Emberleigh 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 Emberleigh is headed
Emberleigh 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.
Emberleigh beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Emberleigh 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.
- At least three spellings of the ending are in circulation.
- The compound is a modern formation rather than an inherited name.
- The -leigh will need dictating every time.
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Frequently asked
- How many Emberleighs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,000 people named Emberleigh are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Emberleigh in 2025?
- Emberleigh ranks #1844 among US girl names in 2025, with 108 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Emberleigh?
- About 1 in every 14,882 US girls born in 2025 was named Emberleigh — 108 in all.
- Will my child share the name Emberleigh with classmates?
- Emberleigh will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Emberleigh
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