Emori
Feminine
Emori is given to both — 1,386 girls and 155 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Emori reached American naming through a television character in 2016, though the sound had been assembling itself from Emory and Emma for a decade before that.
How old is the name Emori?
Emori first appears in US birth records in 1997 — 28 years ago. The typical Emori is a kid of about 5 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,400 people named Emori are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Emori most popular?
Emori peaked in 2024, reaching #1524 nationally. Today it ranks #1561, 37 places below that high. See the whole 2024 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Emori
Our story of Emori is a story of a name that was nearly there already. Emory was rising as an American surname-name; Emma had been at or near the top of the girls' list for a decade; and the -ori and -ari endings were in wide circulation. The sound existed before the name did. Then a science-fiction series introduced a character called Emori in 2016 and gave it a spelling and a bearer, and the American registers pick it up from that year. Two things had to meet: a shape families already liked, and a reason to write it down.
Meaningscholars disagree
Not established
No settled etymology as a feminine name. It may descend from Emory, the English surname from the Germanic Emmerich — 'whole ruler' or 'work power'. It may be a coinage on Emma with an -ori ending. A Japanese Emori is a separate surname and is not the source.
Pronouncing Emori
EM-uh-ree
Three syllables, stress on the first. Emori and Emory are said identically.
Nicknames for Emori
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
- 1997
- Most girls named
- 2024141 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1524reached in 2024
- Change vs 2024
- −4.3%135 in 2025, from 141
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.
Emori in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Emory in English — related form
- Emmori in English — spelling variant
- Emmerich in German — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Georgia, Alabama.
Emoris among us
people named Emori are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 11,906 born in 2025 was named Emori
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Emori
- #1561
- Emori on the 2025 chart
- #296
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Emori went to 135 girls in 2025, but Emory, Emmory and Emmori are the same name said out loud. Together the 5 spellings went to 1,059, which makes it the 296th most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,265 places above the chart.
- Emory899
- Emori135
- Emmory12
- Emmori8
and 1 rarer spelling.
About 1 girl in 1,518 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 11,906 for Emori 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 Jina test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Emori's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jina climbed just as high around 1967, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jina's path sketches the road Emori is walking now.
Emori is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Emori is headed
Emori looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 19% 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.
Emori beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Emori in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Em is available as a short form that is fashionable in its own right.
- Emmerich behind the Emory route has a transparent Germanic meaning.
- Three syllables with a front stress, which holds up against a short surname.
- The origin is genuinely unsettled and the television arrival is the documented part.
- Emory and Emery are both commoner and read as unisex.
- It is very new and will need spelling out.
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Frequently asked
- How many Emoris are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,400 people named Emori are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Emori?
- Emori is one of 4 recorded spellings. Emory is the more common one — 899 births in 2025 against 135 for Emori.
- How popular is the name Emori in 2025?
- Emori ranks #1561 among US girl names in 2025, with 135 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Emori?
- About 1 in every 11,906 US girls born in 2025 was named Emori — 135 in all.
- Will my child share the name Emori with classmates?
- Emori will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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