Female name
Emily
122,577 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 1999. Expression number: 1.
Origin
English form of Latin Aemilia, a gens name from aemulus (“rival, emulator”).From Wiktionary, entry “Emily”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 1999: 6,760 births. 122,577 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. At its peak, it ranked 1st among girls' names in 2003. It is still given: 6,812 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 1999: 26,587 births. 898,296 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. At its peak, it ranked 1st among girls' names in 1996. It is still given: 30,739 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
In Ireland
Peak in 2012: 626 births. 14,203 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. At its peak, it ranked 1st among girls' names in 2011. It really came into use around 1970. It is still given: 1,570 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 28,217 | 2012–2023 | 39th in 2022 |
| Austria | 5,854 | 1984–2025 | 21st in 2010 |
| France | 5,830 | 1900–2025 | — |
| Switzerland | 4,034* | 1915–2025 | — |
| Quebec | 3,968 | 1980–2025 | 42nd in 2003 |
| Berlin | 1,758 | 2012–2023 | 13th in 2014 |
| Belgium | 400 | 2014–2023 | — |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: RENAPER, Nombres propios en Argentina, CC BY 4.0 (the registry doesn't record sex); Statistik Austria, Vornamen, CC BY 4.0; INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0; Open Data Berlin, Häufige Vornamen, CC BY 3.0 DE (every name a child carries, not only the first); Statbel, first names of newborns, CC BY 4.0 (one total for the whole period, no yearly breakdown).
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
1
initiative, independence, beginnings
5 + 4 + 9 + 3 + 7 = 28 → 1
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
3
expression, creativity, sociability
5 + 9 + 7 = 21 → 3
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
7
reflection, inner life, seeking
4 + 3 = 7
- Digits missing from the name
- 1, 2, 6, 8
- Most frequent digit
- 3 · expression, creativity, sociability
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.