Emery
Pronounced EH1 M ER0 IY0 (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 2024
- 119 years in use
- 2 spellings
How popular is Emery?
Emery is a name given to both boys and girls, and first appears in 1906. It has been given to 90,393 children — the 527th most common girls' name on record.
It is climbing hard: roughly twice as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2024, when 4,204 children were given it.
Two other spellings are counted in that total — Emory and Emmery — because they are pronounced identically.
Roughly 43% of children named Emery are boys, so the split is a real one rather than a rounding error.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Emery and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Emory
- Emmery
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- EH1 M ER0 IY0
- Stress pattern:
- 100
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Emery
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Emery
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Emery?
- Emery ranks 527th among girls' names in US records, with 90,393 births since 1906. Over the past decade it accounts for 35,785.
- Is Emery a unisex name?
- Yes. About 43% of children given the name are boys, which is a genuine split rather than a rounding error.
- When was Emery most popular?
- 2024, when 4,204 children were given the name. It has been in use for 119 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Emery spelled?
- Emory, Emmery. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.