Emmy

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Emmy is a feminine given name. Orthographic variants include Emme, Emmi and Emmie. The name is in many instances a hypocoristic of either Emma or Emily, or Emmanuel. It came to be used as a separate German name, given officially in Germany from the later 19th century.

From Wikipedia

Emmy first appears in the data in 1885 and has been recorded in 129 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2024 with 690 babies (rank #453 that year). In 2024 it was given to 690 girls (rank #453). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Emmy

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Emmy yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

2Destiny numberThe peacemakerDiplomatic, sensitive, partnership-minded.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
3Soul urgeThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
8PersonalityThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

12,264

Total babies (all years)

129

Years in the data

690

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Emmy

Emmy Noetheruniversity teacher · b. 1882
Emmy Göringautobiographer · b. 1893
Emmysongwriter · b. 2000

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1885	8	#809
1887	5	#1,193
1892	5	#1,523
1894	8	#1,170
1896	7	#1,335
1897	5	#1,628
1898	10	#1,124
1899	8	#1,207
1900	7	#1,622
1901	6	#1,538
1903	8	#1,364
1904	10	#1,192
1907	7	#1,691
1909	6	#2,037
1910	9	#1,671
1911	10	#1,577
1912	5	#3,115
1913	17	#1,421
1914	19	#1,502
1915	14	#2,168
1916	18	#1,892
1917	24	#1,567
1918	19	#1,985
1919	25	#1,615
1920	22	#1,836
1921	26	#1,685
1922	27	#1,618
1923	34	#1,363
1924	28	#1,623
1925	40	#1,233
1926	31	#1,457
1927	41	#1,218
1928	29	#1,482
1929	34	#1,291
1930	26	#1,542
1931	28	#1,403
1932	21	#1,706
1933	16	#1,989
1934	24	#1,529
1935	14	#2,234
1936	16	#1,970
1937	13	#2,355
1938	21	#1,714
1939	17	#1,965
1940	19	#1,854
1941	22	#1,708
1942	21	#1,876
1943	25	#1,714
1944	17	#2,124
1945	11	#2,787
1946	22	#1,980
1947	24	#2,012
1948	21	#2,146
1949	15	#2,654
1950	19	#2,276
1951	19	#2,334
1952	17	#2,604
1953	33	#1,745
1954	26	#2,090
1955	29	#1,990
1956	16	#2,960
1957	21	#2,509
1958	21	#2,522
1959	23	#2,417
1960	20	#2,764
1961	18	#2,989
1962	19	#2,843
1963	19	#2,900
1964	17	#3,155
1965	10	#4,288
1966	14	#3,444
1967	15	#3,379
1968	14	#3,662
1969	12	#4,255
1970	21	#3,142
1971	26	#2,751
1972	21	#3,096
1973	21	#3,151
1974	33	#2,357
1975	36	#2,284
1976	51	#1,822
1977	67	#1,598
1978	57	#1,789
1979	58	#1,836
1980	91	#1,374
1981	82	#1,483
1982	59	#1,833
1983	47	#2,106
1984	40	#2,391
1985	42	#2,371
1986	29	#3,152
1987	46	#2,317
1988	50	#2,257
1989	42	#2,679
1990	39	#2,921
1991	50	#2,491
1992	54	#2,406
1993	61	#2,182
1994	41	#2,896
1995	50	#2,525
1996	57	#2,323
1997	51	#2,526
1998	65	#2,201
1999	76	#2,044
2000	82	#2,023
2001	99	#1,800
2002	117	#1,589
2003	139	#1,426
2004	156	#1,355
2005	194	#1,185
2006	198	#1,213
2007	283	#959
2008	283	#953
2009	295	#917
2010	272	#945
2011	350	#778
2012	387	#718
2013	436	#651
2014	432	#662
2015	467	#619
2016	480	#622
2017	496	#611
2018	580	#540
2019	640	#490
2020	585	#518
2021	571	#538
2022	623	#506
2023	599	#505
2024	690	#453