Emily is a distinctive boys' name in United States, ranking #2110 in 1999 with 45 recorded births. The name reached its all-time peak in 2004 with 120 births ranking #1256. Since 1996, the popularity has increased by 32.4%. In 1999, approximately 1 in every 42,669 boys born was named Emily. RISING Recent data shows the name is currently rising.
Emily is a major enduring classic often linked with striving or rivalry. It feels warm, familiar, and effortlessly established.
The name became one of the defining girls' names of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries but has much older roots in English literary and social history. Its success comes from softness, simplicity, and reliability.