Emily is a distinctive boys' name in United States, ranking #2519 in 2003 with 41 recorded births. This places Emily in the top 20% 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. Since 1996, the popularity has increased by 20.6%. In 2003, approximately 1 in every 48,177 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.