Emily is a distinctive boys' name in United States, ranking #2885 in 2001 with 32 recorded births. This places Emily in the top 23% of ranked US boys' names for the year. Its actual usage is classified as Rare. The name reached its all-time peak in 2004 with 120 births ranking #1256. In 2001, approximately 1 in every 60,713 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.