Emrie
Feminine
Emrie is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 1,712 girls against 5 boys since 1880.
Emrie joins an Em- front to the -rie ending, and the sound sits close to Emery — the Germanic work-ruler behind the name of America.
How old is the name Emrie?
Emrie first appears in US birth records in 1998 — 27 years ago. The typical Emrie is a kid of about 8 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,700 people named Emrie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Emrie most popular?
Emrie peaked in 2017, reaching #1387 nationally. Today it ranks #1990, 603 places below that high. See the whole 2017 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Emrie
Our story of Emrie is a story of a front doing a great deal of work. Emma was among the biggest names of the 2000s, and Emery, Emory and Emerson were all rising alongside it. By the 2010s American families were building freely on Em- with whatever ending they liked — Emrie, Emree, Emberly, Emmarie. Emrie appears in the registers in that decade. Behind Emery sits the name America is called after, which is worth knowing either way.
Meaningscholars disagree
Not established
The Em- front may reflect Emma or Emery. Emery descends from the Germanic amal, 'work', and ric, 'ruler', and is the same name as Amerigo, for whom America is named. Whether Emrie descends from it or is a modern coinage on the sound is not documented.
Pronouncing Emrie
EM-ree
Two syllables, stress on the first. Emrie and Emree are said identically.
Nicknames for Emrie
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
- 1998
- Most girls named
- 2017166 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1387reached in 2017
- Change vs 2024
- +62.7%96 in 2025, from 59
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.
Emrie in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Emery in English — related form
- Emree in English — spelling variant
- Emerie in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Utah.
Emries among us
people named Emrie are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 16,742 born in 2025 was named Emrie
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 Camellia test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Emrie's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Camellia climbed just as high around 1948, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Camellia's path sketches the road Emrie is walking now.
Emrie 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 Emrie is headed
Emrie is easing off slowly — about 29% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low 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.
Emrie beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Emrie 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.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- The Emery route connects it to the name behind America.
- There is no documented meaning for this spelling.
- Emery and Emory are both commoner and read as unisex.
- It will need spelling out every time.
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Frequently asked
- How many Emries are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,700 people named Emrie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Emrie in 2025?
- Emrie ranks #1990 among US girl names in 2025, with 96 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Emrie?
- About 1 in every 16,742 US girls born in 2025 was named Emrie — 96 in all.
- Will my child share the name Emrie with classmates?
- Emrie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Emrie
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
Kristen#1990 · Caliyah#1990 · Venus#1990 · Cambria#1990 · Arayah#1990 · Gema#1990 · Fiadh#1990 · Maylani#1990
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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