Emeri
Feminine
Emeri is given to both — 2,526 girls and 144 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Emeri is one of the newer spellings of a very old name: Emery, which the Normans carried into England as Emmerich and which spent centuries as a surname before returning as a first name. The sound is familiar even when the spelling isn't — three light syllables that land the same way Emily and Avery do. The final -i is the modern part; everything before it has been in continuous use for something like a thousand years.
How old is the name Emeri?
Emeri first appears in US birth records in 1991 — 34 years ago. The typical Emeri is a kid of about 8 — this name's wave is very recent. About 2,500 people named Emeri are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Emeri most popular?
Emeri peaked in 2023, reaching #1269 nationally. Today it ranks #1458, 189 places below that high. See the whole 2023 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Haimirich / Amalric to Emeri
The story of Emeri
The root is the Continental Germanic name Emmerich, which reached England with the Normans in the eleventh century and settled there in forms like Emery and Amory. Like many Norman given names, it drifted into use as a surname and stayed there for centuries — which is exactly why it came back. American parents have been reviving surname-shaped names for girls for a long while now, and Emery arrived in that company alongside Avery, Emerson and Ellery. Emeri is the -i respelling of that revival, a small change of ending on a name with a very long line behind it.
Meaningscholars disagree
most likely "work-power" or "home-ruler"
Emery goes back to Germanic Emmerich, and the first element has two serious readings: amal, "work, labor," giving roughly "work-power," or heim, "home," giving "home-ruler." The second element, ric, "power, ruler," is agreed on in both. The heim reading makes it a near-relative of Henry.
How the name formed
- Haimirich / Amalric
- Emmerich
- Emeric
- Emery
- Emeri
Related forms: Émeric · Emmerich · Imre · Amerigo · Américo · Emericus
Pronouncing Emeri
EM-uh-ree
Three syllables, stress on the first, identical to Emery. Some families say it in two — EM-ree — which is also how Emery is often heard in quick speech.
Nicknames for Emeri
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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
- 1991
- Most girls named
- 2023181 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1269reached in 2023
- Change vs 2024
- +1.4%147 in 2025, from 145
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.
Emeri in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Émeric in French — same name
- Emmerich in German — same name
- Imre in Hungarian — related form
- Amerigo in Italian — related form
- Américo in Portuguese — related form
- Emericus in Latin — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Louisiana.
Emeris among us
people named Emeri are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 10,934 born in 2025 was named Emeri
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Emeri
- #1458
- Emeri on the 2025 chart
- #83
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Emeri went to 147 girls in 2025, but Emery and Emmery are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 3,417, which makes it the 83rd most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,375 places above the chart.
and 1 rarer spelling.
About 1 girl in 470 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 10,934 for Emeri 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 Zakia test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Emeri's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Zakia climbed just as high around 1975, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Zakia's path sketches the road Emeri is walking now.
Emeri 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 Emeri is headed
Emeri 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.
Emeri beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Emeri in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The sound needs no explaining: anyone who has met an Emery or an Emily can say it correctly on the first try.
- Short forms are already established and require no invention — Em, Emmy, Emi.
- Sits on a documented line back to Norman-era Emmerich, with living relatives in French, German, Hungarian and Italian.
- Recognizable across borders in its Émeric and Emmerich forms, useful in a family with ties outside the US.
- The spelling will be corrected for life. Emery is the far more familiar form, with Emory and Emmery close behind, so expect to spell it aloud at every appointment and on every form.
- Emery is given to boys and girls alike in the US, so the name may be read either way on paper before anyone meets her.
- Rare as a full name, but the nicknames are not: Em and Emmy may well be shared with an Emma, an Emily or an Emerson in the same class.
- The -i ending is a recent fashion, and it dates the spelling in a way the underlying name does not. Whether that matters depends on how much you like the look of it.
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Frequently asked
- How many Emeris are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,500 people named Emeri are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Emeri?
- Emeri is one of 3 recorded spellings. Emery is the more common one — 3,208 births in 2025 against 147 for Emeri.
- How popular is the name Emeri in 2025?
- Emeri ranks #1458 among US girl names in 2025, with 147 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Emeri?
- About 1 in every 10,934 US girls born in 2025 was named Emeri — 147 in all.
- Will my child share the name Emeri with classmates?
- Emeri will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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