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Emmylou

girls’ nameAt its peakCompare

Emmylou is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 68 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
680.00% of girls
Peak year
202194 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1924
1,192people given the name
Babies named Emmylou, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,192 girls have been named Emmylou in the United States since 1924, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 94 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2021, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2016, and the 2010s alone account for 47%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Emmylou
1920s5
1970s27
1980s117
1990s25
2000s90
2010s558
2020s370

In 2021, its biggest year

Emmylou was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2021 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Ava. See all of 2021.

Names that rose and fell with Emmylou

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.