Emily is a distinctive boys' name in United States, ranking #7142 in 2011 with 11 recorded births. This places Emily in the top 50% 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 decreased by 67.6%. In 2011, approximately 1 in every 172,635 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.