Emri
Feminine
Emri is given to both — 623 girls and 76 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Emri belongs to a small group of very recent American names that take an established opening and end it on a bare i — Emri, Kensi, Landri, Brinli. The Em- in front is genuinely old.
How old is the name Emri?
Emri first appears in US birth records in 1999 — 26 years ago. The typical Emri is a kid of about 8 — this name's wave is very recent. About 600 people named Emri are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Emri most popular?
Emri peaked in 2021, reaching #3002 nationally. Today it ranks #3342, 340 places below that high. See the whole 2021 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Emri
Ours, offered as ours. Ending a name on a bare i rather than a y or an ie is a small and quite recent American move, and it does something specific: it makes the name look shorter and more modern than the same sound spelled any other way. Emri, Kensi and Landri all use it. What sits at the front here is the Em- that has anchored English girls' names for a thousand years, through Emma, Emily and Emmeline. Old front, new back — which is how most names in this decade are made.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source is established for the compound. The Em- opening is documented through Emma, Germanic and generally read as whole, and Emery, from Germanic elements meaning entire and ruler. Whether Emri was formed from either or built as a shortening of Emery is not recorded. Turkish also has an unrelated Emri.
Pronouncing Emri
EM-ree
Two syllables, first stressed. Some families say EM-uh-ree, following Emery.
Nicknames for Emri
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
- 1999
- Most girls named
- 202155 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3002reached in 2021
- Change vs 2024
- +48.4%46 in 2025, from 31
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.
Emri in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Emery in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Louisiana.
Emris among us
people named Emri are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 34,941 born in 2025 was named Emri
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Emri
- #3342
- Emri on the 2025 chart
- #762
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Emri went to 46 girls in 2025, but Emry is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 198, which makes it the 762nd most-given girls’ name of the year — 2,580 places above the chart.
- Emry152
- Emri46
About 1 girl in 8,118 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 34,941 for Emri 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 Damara test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Emri's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Damara climbed just as high around 1980, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Damara's path sketches the road Emri is walking now.
Emri 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 Emri is headed
Emri 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.
Emri beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Emri in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Four letters and two syllables, about as easy to write as a name gets.
- Em and Emmy are both ready short forms that work at any age.
- Read correctly on sight by every English speaker.
- Emery and Emri are close enough to be written for one another.
- Em is shared with so many current names that the short form will not distinguish her.
- There is no documented meaning for the compound.
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Frequently asked
- How many Emris are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Emri are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Emri?
- Emri is one of 2 recorded spellings. Emry is the more common one — 152 births in 2025 against 46 for Emri.
- How popular is the name Emri in 2025?
- Emri ranks #3342 among US girl names in 2025, with 46 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Emri?
- About 1 in every 34,941 US girls born in 2025 was named Emri — 46 in all.
- Will my child share the name Emri with classmates?
- Emri will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Emri
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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