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Emmalyn

Pronounced EH1 M AH0 L IH0 N (ARPABET)

  • 3 syllables
  • Peaked 2015
  • 79 years in use
  • 5 spellings
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How popular is Emmalyn?

Emmalyn is a girls' name, and first appears in 1946. It has been given to 15,102 children — the 1,102nd most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2015, when 1,215 children were given it.

Five other spellings are counted in that total — Emmalynn, Emelin, Emmalin and two more — because they are pronounced identically.

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20151,215

Spelling variants

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

  • Emmalynn
  • Emelin
  • Emmalin
  • Emmalynne
  • Emmalinn

Characteristics

  • 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
EH1 M AH0 L IH0 N · EH1 M AH0 L IH1 N
Stress pattern:
100 · 101
Syllables:
3

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

Names like Emmalyn

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

Sibling names for Emmalyn

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

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Emmalyn?
Emmalyn ranks 1,102nd among girls' names in US records, with 15,102 births since 1946. Over the past decade it accounts for 7,793.
Is Emmalyn a unisex name?
No. Emmalyn is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Emmalyn most popular?
2015, when 1,215 children were given the name. It has been in use for 79 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Emmalyn spelled?
Emmalynn, Emelin, Emmalin, Emmalynne, Emmalinn. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.