Emre
Masculine · “friend”
Emre is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 969 boys against 5 girls since 1880.
Emre is a Turkish name meaning something like a friend or an elder brother, and it is inseparable from a thirteenth-century poet who wrote in plain Turkish when scholars wrote in Persian.
How old is the name Emre?
Emre first appears in US birth records in 1978 — 47 years ago. The typical Emre alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 1,000 people named Emre are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Emre most popular?
Emre peaked in 2003, reaching #2579 nationally. Today it ranks #3583, 1,004 places below that high. See the whole 2003 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Emre
Yunus Emre wrote devotional poetry in the spoken Turkish of the thirteenth century at a time when literature was expected to be in Persian or Arabic, and his verses are still recited and sung in Turkey today. His name made Emre one of the standard Turkish men's names, and it has been among the most-used for decades. It reaches American records with Turkish families.
Meaningscholars disagree
friend, elder brother
The word is generally read as a friend or a loving companion, and in older usage as an elder brother or a spiritual guide. Its precise derivation is argued — an Old Turkic root and a Persian loan have both been proposed.
Pronouncing Emre
EM-reh
Two syllables, first stressed, with the final e sounded. English speakers often drop it, giving EM-ruh.
Nicknames for Emre
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
- 1978
- Most boys named
- 201043 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2579reached in 2003
- Change vs 2024
- +3.3%31 in 2025, from 30
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.
Emre in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Emre in Turkish — same name
- Emrə in Azerbaijani — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, New York, Texas.
Emres among us
people named Emre are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 55,099 born in 2025 was named Emre
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Lorenso test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Emre's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Lorenso climbed just as high around 1950, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Lorenso's path sketches the road Emre is walking now.
Emre 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 Emre is headed
Emre 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.
Emre beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Emre in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled and warm meaning tied to a poet who is genuinely loved in his country.
- Four letters and two syllables, easy to write and to say.
- Very widely used in Turkey, so it has a large community behind it.
- The final e is sounded in Turkish and swallowed in English.
- It is close to Emory and Emery in an American ear.
- The precise meaning is argued over, so the honest answer is a range.
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Frequently asked
- How many Emres are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,000 people named Emre are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Emre in 2025?
- Emre ranks #3583 among US boy names in 2025, with 31 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Emre?
- About 1 in every 55,099 US boys born in 2025 was named Emre — 31 in all.
- Will my child share the name Emre with classmates?
- Emre will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Emre
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