Emberlyn
Feminine · “from the English word "ember”
Emberlyn is a homegrown American name, put together from the English word ember — the glowing coal left when a fire has burned down — and the -lyn ending that Evelyn, Madelyn and Brooklyn made familiar. It is one of the newer names in the record, so nearly everyone who carries it is still a child, and it arrives with no long history to argue with. Said aloud it lands softly: three syllables, the stress on the first, the ending trailing away.
How old is the name Emberlyn?
Emberlyn first appears in US birth records in 2003 — 22 years ago. The typical Emberlyn is a kid of about 5 — this name's wave is very recent. About 2,200 people named Emberlyn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Emberlyn most popular?
Emberlyn peaked in 2021, reaching #1058 nationally. Today it ranks #1318, 260 places below that high. See the whole 2021 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Ember to Emberlyn
The story of Emberlyn
Emberlyn belongs to a family of names assembled rather than inherited: an English noun joined to a fashionable suffix, a method American parents have used for well over a century. The same workshop produced Ember on its own, along with Emberly and Emberlynn, and it draws on the wider -lyn wave that carried Evelyn, Madelyn, Adalyn and Brooklyn onto US birth records. Because it appeared only in this century, there is no older bearer to point to, no immigrant crossing, no saint's day — its whole story is recent and American, with Texas, California and Ohio showing it most.
Meaning
from the English word "ember," a glowing coal, with the ending -lyn
The first part is plain English and needs no translation. The -lyn is a pattern rather than a word doing work here — on its own it traces back to Lynn, from Welsh llyn, "lake," but in coinages like this one it functions as a decorative ending, the same way it does in Madelyn and Jocelyn.
How the name formed
- Ember
- Emberlyn
Pronouncing Emberlyn
EM-ber-lin
Three syllables, stress on the first. Most speakers say the ending as -lin; some give it a fuller -LYNN. Both are heard and neither is a correction of the other.
Nicknames for Emberlyn
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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
- 2003
- Most girls named
- 2021238 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1058reached in 2021
- Change vs 2024
- −8.6%169 in 2025, from 185
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.
Emberlyn in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Ohio.
Emberlyns among us
people named Emberlyn are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 9,510 born in 2025 was named Emberlyn
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Emberlyn
- #1318
- Emberlyn on the 2025 chart
- #548
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Emberlyn went to 169 girls in 2025, but Emberlynn and Emberlin are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 455, which makes it the 548th most-given girls’ name of the year — 770 places above the chart.
- Emberlynn281
- Emberlyn169
- Emberlin5
About 1 girl in 3,532 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 9,510 for Emberlyn 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
The Kellye test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Emberlyn's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Kellye climbed just as high around 1987, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Kellye's path sketches the road Emberlyn is walking now.
Emberlyn 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 Emberlyn is headed
Emberlyn 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.
Emberlyn beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Emberlyn in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Contains a plain English word, so most people can read it correctly on first sight without a spelling lesson.
- The spelling competes with Emberlynn, Emberlin and Emberly, and it sits close to Amberlyn and Emmalyn by ear — expect to spell it at appointments and repeat it on the phone.
- There is no older layer to this name: no historical bearers, no grandparents who share it, and the -lyn ending marks it fairly clearly as belonging to this stretch of time rather than to any other.
- She is unlikely to meet another Emberlyn in her school, which cuts both ways — no surname initial needed, but also no one who already knows how it goes.
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Frequently asked
- How many Emberlyns are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,200 people named Emberlyn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Emberlyn?
- Emberlyn is one of 3 recorded spellings. Emberlynn is the more common one — 281 births in 2025 against 169 for Emberlyn.
- How popular is the name Emberlyn in 2025?
- Emberlyn ranks #1318 among US girl names in 2025, with 169 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Emberlyn?
- About 1 in every 9,510 US girls born in 2025 was named Emberlyn — 169 in all.
- Will my child share the name Emberlyn with classmates?
- Emberlyn will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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