Emsley
Recorded 1916–2025 · United States
Emsley was most popular in 2015, when 70 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,478 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,410, with 41 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 807 people named Emsley.
Emsley over time
How old is the name Emsley?
Emsley first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1916, which makes it about 109 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 21 of the 110 years since.
How many people are named Emsley?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 807 American births named Emsley between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 791 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Emsley in 2025?
41 American babies were named Emsley in 2025, ranking #6,410 that year.
Is Emsley getting more or less popular?
Emsley is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 35 births a year, against 60 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -42% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Emsley a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Emsley is a girl’s name — 98.8% of the 807 Americans given it were girls and 1.2% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Emsley?
Roughly 791 Americans named Emsley are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 10 years old, and half are between 6 and 13. That is a narrow band because Emsley is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org