Emmalin
Feminine · “Germanic ermen”
The element behind Emma named a pillar. The Irminsul was a great wooden column the Saxons venerated, destroyed by Charlemagne in 772, and the word irmin that named it is the same element that stands at the front of Ermintrude, Irmgard and, worn down to two syllables, Emma.
How old is the name Emmalin?
Emmalin first appears in US birth records in 2005 — 20 years ago. The typical Emmalin is a kid of about 11 — this name's wave is very recent. About 700 people named Emmalin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Emmalin most popular?
Emmalin peaked in 2010, reaching #2405 nationally. Today it ranks #10107, 7,702 places below that high. See the whole 2010 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Ermen to Emmalin
The story of Emmalin
The Royal Frankish Annals record that in 772 Charlemagne's army destroyed the Irminsul, a wooden pillar the Saxons held sacred, and took the treasure around it. What the word meant is disputed, but the element irmin or ermen is well attested in Germanic names, where it intensifies: great, whole, universal. It gave Ermintrude, Irmgard, Erminhilt and Ermanaric, and German speakers clipped the long ones to Emma, which then traveled on its own. Emma of Normandy, married to two kings of England and mother of two more, brought it to England in the eleventh century, and Jane Austen gave it a second life in 1815. Emmalin belongs to the most recent American stage, where the base name was so common that parents began extending it.
Meaning
Germanic ermen, whole or universal
Emma is a short form of Germanic names beginning with ermen or irmin, an element meaning whole, great or universal. Emmalin joins it to the modern -lin ending, which carries no meaning. The peak of this spelling is 2010.
How the name formed
- Ermen
- Emma
- Emmalin
Related forms: Emmaline · Emeline · Irmgard
Pronouncing Emmalin
EM-uh-lin
Three syllables, stress on the first. Emmalin, Emmaline and Emmalyn differ in whether the last vowel is long or short.
Nicknames for Emmalin
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
- 2005
- Most girls named
- 201078 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2405reached in 2010
- Change vs 2024
- +12.5%9 in 2025, 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.
Emmalin in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Emmaline in English — spelling variant
- Emeline in French — related form
- Irmgard in German — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California.
Emmalins among us
people named Emmalin are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 178,585 born in 2025 was named Emmalin
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Emmalin
- #10107
- Emmalin on the 2025 chart
- #587
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Emmalin went to 9 girls in 2025, but Emmalyn, Emmalynn and Emalyn and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 5 spellings went to 404, which makes it the 587th most-given girls’ name of the year — 9,520 places above the chart.
About 1 girl in 3,978 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 178,585 for Emmalin 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 Cybill test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Emmalin's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Cybill climbed just as high around 1973, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Cybill's path sketches the road Emmalin is walking now.
Emmalin 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
Emmalin beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Emmalin in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Emma and Emmy are both immediate short forms.
- The Germanic element is documented from the eighth century.
- Three syllables with a firm opening beat.
- Emmaline and Emmalyn are both more common spellings.
- The ending has two pronunciations.
- Emma was among the most common names of the last two decades.
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Frequently asked
- How many Emmalins are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Emmalin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Emmalin?
- Emmalin is one of 5 recorded spellings. Emmalyn is the more common one — 204 births in 2025 against 9 for Emmalin.
- How popular is the name Emmalin in 2025?
- Emmalin ranks #10107 among US girl names in 2025, with 9 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Emmalin?
- About 1 in every 178,585 US girls born in 2025 was named Emmalin — 9 in all.
- Will my child share the name Emmalin with classmates?
- Emmalin will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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