How popular is the name Emmalee?

Emmalee ranks 1,262nd among girls' names in US records, with 12,133 births since 1909. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,336.

Is Emmalee a unisex name?

No. Emmalee is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2005, when 591 children were given the name. It has been in use for 116 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Emmaleigh, Emmalea, Emmali, Emelee. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#1,262 of girl names

Pronounced EH1 M AH0 L IY1 (ARPABET)

Emmalee is a girls' name, and first appears in 1909. It has been given to 12,133 children — the 1,262nd most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 56% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2005, when 591 children were given it.

Four other spellings are counted in that total — Emmaleigh, Emmalea, Emmali and one more — because they are pronounced identically.

2005591

These spellings sound identical to Emmalee and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Emmalee?: Emmalee ranks 1,262nd among girls' names in US records, with 12,133 births since 1909. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,336.
Is Emmalee a unisex name?: No. Emmalee is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Emmalee most popular?: 2005, when 591 children were given the name. It has been in use for 116 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Emmalee spelled?: Emmaleigh, Emmalea, Emmali, Emelee. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.