Emmery
Feminine · “whole and powerful”
Emmery is given to both — 1,102 girls and 44 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Emmery is a respelling of Emery, an old Germanic name that came to England with the Normans and has spent the last decade being reinterpreted as a member of the Emma family. Both readings are now real.
How old is the name Emmery?
Emmery first appears in US birth records in 1991 — 34 years ago. The typical Emmery is a kid of about 10 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,100 people named Emmery are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Emmery most popular?
Emmery peaked in 2014, reaching #2517 nationally. Today it ranks #3130, 613 places below that high. See the whole 2014 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Emmerich to Emmery
The story of Emmery
Emmerich was a continental Germanic name that Norman settlers carried into England, where it softened to Emery and became a surname as well as a given name. It was used for men for centuries, quietly, before the American records of the last twenty years began giving it to girls in larger numbers — helped by its resemblance to Emma and Emily, which are among the most-used names of the same period. Emmery, with the doubled m, makes that resemblance explicit.
Meaning
whole and powerful
From the Germanic Emmerich, built on elements meaning entire or universal and ruler or power; the same second element closes Frederick and Roderick.
How the name formed
- Emmerich
- Emery
- Emmery
Related forms: Emmerich · Emery · Imre · Émeric
Pronouncing Emmery
EM-uh-ree
Three syllables, first stressed. Often reduced to two in fast speech, EM-ree.
Nicknames for Emmery
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
- 1991
- Most girls named
- 201471 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2517reached in 2014
- Change vs 2024
- −23.9%51 in 2025, from 67
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.
Emmery in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Emmerich in German — same name
- Emery in English — spelling variant
- Imre in Hungarian — same name
- Émeric in French — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Michigan.
Emmerys among us
people named Emmery are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 31,515 born in 2025 was named Emmery
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Emmery
- #3130
- Emmery on the 2025 chart
- #83
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Emmery went to 51 girls in 2025, but Emery and Emeri 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 — 3,047 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 31,515 for Emmery 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 Melena test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Emmery's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Melena climbed just as high around 1975, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Melena's path sketches the road Emmery is walking now.
Emmery 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 Emmery is headed
Emmery looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 16% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
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.
Emmery beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Emmery in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A documented Germanic meaning with a thousand years of use behind the sound.
- Em and Emmy are ready-made and work at every age.
- It is used for girls and boys, which is useful before a birth.
- Emery is the standard spelling and Emory is a well-known third; expect all three on mail.
- Em is shared with so many current names that the short form will not distinguish her.
- The name is also an abrasive material, which someone will point out.
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Frequently asked
- How many Emmerys are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,100 people named Emmery are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Emmery?
- Emmery is one of 3 recorded spellings. Emery is the more common one — 3,208 births in 2025 against 51 for Emmery.
- How popular is the name Emmery in 2025?
- Emmery ranks #3130 among US girl names in 2025, with 51 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Emmery?
- About 1 in every 31,515 US girls born in 2025 was named Emmery — 51 in all.
- Will my child share the name Emmery with classmates?
- Emmery will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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