Emory
Emory is ranked 884th among boys in 2024 (271 births). Its best rank was 240th, in 1881.
- Rank in 2024
- #884down 53 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2710.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 1920308 births
- Best rank
- #240in 1881
- Since 1880
- 28,589people given the name
The story in the numbers
18,700 boys have been named Emory in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1920, with 308 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1951, and the 1920s alone account for 13%. It has spent 107 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Emory is used for both sexes: 35% of its bearers are girls (9,889), most of them born around 2024.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Emory | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 372 | |
| 1890s | 362 | |
| 1900s | 461 | |
| 1910s | 1,728 | |
| 1920s | 2,502 | |
| 1930s | 1,905 | |
| 1940s | 1,804 | |
| 1950s | 1,440 | |
| 1960s | 1,132 | |
| 1970s | 682 | |
| 1980s | 595 | |
| 1990s | 664 | |
| 2000s | 1,176 | |
| 2010s | 2,450 | |
| 2020s | 1,427 |
In 1920, its biggest year
Emory was the 335th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1920 were John, William, Robert, James and Charles. See all of 1920.
Names that rose and fell with Emory
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Orenpeak 2021
- Crawfordpeak 1924
- Ellispeak 2024
- Raleighpeak 1921
- Noblepeak 1920
- Orinpeak 1920
- Fosterpeak 2023
- Emilepeak 1922
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.