Fun Facts About the Name Emery
- A newer favorite: Emery first entered the U.S. top 100 in 2018 and stayed there through 2025 - a run of 8 consecutive years.
- More than 64 thousand babies named Emery: U.S. records list 64,222 babies given the name Emery from 1880 through 2025. Of these, 20,405 boys received the name Emery - about 1 boy for every 2 girls.
What Does the Name Emery Mean?
Emery is an English name derived from the Germanic personal name Emmerich, also recorded as Amalric. It is composed of two Germanic elements: amal, generally explained as "work" or "labor," and ric, meaning "ruler" or "power." The literal sense is often given as "work-ruler" or "ruler of work," while the customary English meaning is "industrious ruler." The name reached English through Norman French, where the Germanic name had developed into forms such as Emery and Amaury. It is unrelated to the abrasive emery, which comes from Greek by way of French and Italian.
Emery Name History & Origins
The Germanic name Emmerich was Latinized as Emericus. It spread into France through Germanic-speaking peoples and appears in Old French as Emery, Amaury, and similar forms. After the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, the name came into English use, first as a personal name and eventually as a hereditary surname. In medieval England, Emery was used as a masculine given name; the surname Emery became established, and in later centuries it was more often found as a surname than as a given name. The Hungarian form Imre, from Latin Emericus, is a cognate, borne by Saint Emeric of Hungary (d. 1031), son of King Stephen I. The English name, however, developed through French, not Hungarian. In the modern period, Emery has returned as a given name and is used for both boys and girls in the United States. The English variant Emory comes from the same Germanic source.
How Popular is the Name Emery?
Emery recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2025. Its best rank was #70 in 2023.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #74 | 3,208 | 0.1996% |
| 2024 | #70 | 3,197 | 0.1982% |
| 2023 | #70 | 3,111 | 0.1941% |
| 2022 | #82 | 2,971 | 0.1813% |
| 2021 | #90 | 2,920 | 0.1781% |
| 2020 | #89 | 2,983 | 0.1846% |
| 2019 | #93 | 3,017 | 0.1798% |
| 2018 | #93 | 3,008 | 0.1769% |
| 2017 | #115 | 2,698 | 0.1563% |
| 2016 | #130 | 2,420 | 0.1366% |
| 2015 | #134 | 2,424 | 0.1358% |
| 2014 | #162 | 2,046 | 0.1146% |
| 2013 | #195 | 1,675 | 0.0955% |
| 2012 | #211 | 1,485 | 0.0843% |
| 2011 | #271 | 1,172 | 0.0666% |
| 2010 | #313 | 1,024 | 0.0576% |
| 2009 | #337 | 976 | 0.0531% |
| 2008 | #467 | 680 | 0.0360% |
| 2007 | #578 | 520 | 0.0270% |
| 2006 | #781 | 352 | 0.0185% |
| 2005 | #813 | 318 | 0.0172% |
| 2004 | #1,104 | 207 | 0.0113% |
| 2003 | #1,325 | 155 | 0.0085% |
| 2002 | #1,435 | 133 | 0.0074% |
| 2001 | #1,706 | 106 | 0.0059% |
| 2000 | #1,710 | 103 | 0.0057% |
| 1999 | #1,551 | 109 | 0.0061% |
| 1998 | #1,742 | 91 | 0.0052% |
| 1997 | #2,007 | 71 | 0.0041% |
| 1996 | #1,920 | 75 | 0.0043% |
| 1995 | #2,636 | 47 | 0.0027% |
| 1994 | #2,996 | 39 | 0.0022% |
| 1993 | #3,012 | 39 | 0.0022% |
| 1992 | #2,697 | 45 | 0.0024% |
| 1991 | #3,967 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 1990 | #3,647 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 1989 | #3,706 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 1988 | #4,706 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1987 | #4,169 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 1986 | #3,921 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1985 | #4,177 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1984 | #4,373 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1983 | #3,991 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1982 | #5,642 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1981 | #5,998 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1980 | #7,611 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1979 | #5,854 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1978 | #5,664 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1977 | #6,493 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1975 | #8,293 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1974 | #4,533 | 13 | 0.0009% |
| 1972 | #8,647 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1962 | #6,863 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1960 | #5,328 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1959 | #6,532 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1957 | #4,319 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1949 | #5,477 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1942 | #4,843 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1939 | #3,903 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1938 | #3,979 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1929 | #4,224 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1928 | #4,939 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1927 | #4,454 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1926 | #4,465 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1925 | #5,212 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1923 | #4,093 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1922 | #4,615 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1920 | #5,210 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1918 | #4,447 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1917 | #4,807 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1906 | #2,041 | 5 | 0.0017% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #815 | 305 | 0.0179% |
| 2024 | #823 | 302 | 0.0176% |
| 2023 | #751 | 348 | 0.0204% |
| 2022 | #728 | 356 | 0.0204% |
| 2021 | #770 | 325 | 0.0186% |
| 2020 | #739 | 330 | 0.0191% |
| 2019 | #734 | 328 | 0.0183% |
| 2018 | #774 | 300 | 0.0165% |
| 2017 | #771 | 304 | 0.0164% |
| 2016 | #718 | 341 | 0.0180% |
| 2015 | #747 | 324 | 0.0169% |
| 2014 | #687 | 367 | 0.0191% |
| 2013 | #734 | 318 | 0.0168% |
| 2012 | #649 | 367 | 0.0194% |
| 2011 | #712 | 322 | 0.0170% |
| 2010 | #737 | 311 | 0.0162% |
| 2009 | #777 | 293 | 0.0148% |
| 2008 | #745 | 303 | 0.0149% |
| 2007 | #967 | 204 | 0.0098% |
| 2006 | #1,020 | 180 | 0.0088% |
| 2005 | #1,005 | 169 | 0.0085% |
| 2004 | #1,247 | 121 | 0.0061% |
| 2003 | #1,193 | 124 | 0.0063% |
| 2002 | #1,361 | 97 | 0.0050% |
| 2001 | #1,418 | 88 | 0.0045% |
| 2000 | #1,470 | 84 | 0.0043% |
| 1999 | #1,462 | 79 | 0.0041% |
| 1998 | #1,423 | 80 | 0.0042% |
| 1997 | #1,378 | 80 | 0.0042% |
| 1996 | #1,467 | 69 | 0.0036% |
| 1995 | #1,317 | 80 | 0.0042% |
| 1994 | #1,246 | 87 | 0.0045% |
| 1993 | #1,324 | 74 | 0.0038% |
| 1992 | #1,168 | 90 | 0.0045% |
| 1991 | #1,282 | 76 | 0.0038% |
| 1990 | #1,290 | 74 | 0.0036% |
| 1989 | #1,188 | 81 | 0.0040% |
| 1988 | #1,100 | 82 | 0.0043% |
| 1987 | #1,026 | 86 | 0.0046% |
| 1986 | #1,057 | 78 | 0.0042% |
| 1985 | #1,059 | 76 | 0.0041% |
| 1984 | #1,086 | 68 | 0.0038% |
| 1983 | #1,042 | 72 | 0.0040% |
| 1982 | #995 | 82 | 0.0045% |
| 1981 | #1,005 | 82 | 0.0046% |
| 1980 | #1,127 | 65 | 0.0036% |
| 1979 | #922 | 91 | 0.0053% |
| 1978 | #1,089 | 64 | 0.0039% |
| 1977 | #1,016 | 72 | 0.0044% |
| 1976 | #974 | 73 | 0.0047% |
| 1975 | #941 | 76 | 0.0049% |
| 1974 | #1,075 | 59 | 0.0038% |
| 1973 | #889 | 81 | 0.0052% |
| 1972 | #955 | 72 | 0.0044% |
| 1971 | #923 | 78 | 0.0044% |
| 1970 | #970 | 69 | 0.0037% |
| 1969 | #809 | 91 | 0.0051% |
| 1968 | #781 | 90 | 0.0052% |
| 1967 | #859 | 70 | 0.0040% |
| 1966 | #809 | 81 | 0.0045% |
| 1965 | #717 | 107 | 0.0058% |
| 1964 | #689 | 125 | 0.0063% |
| 1963 | #706 | 121 | 0.0060% |
| 1962 | #644 | 145 | 0.0070% |
| 1961 | #694 | 121 | 0.0057% |
| 1960 | #650 | 144 | 0.0068% |
| 1959 | #739 | 107 | 0.0050% |
| 1958 | #741 | 99 | 0.0047% |
| 1957 | #677 | 127 | 0.0059% |
| 1956 | #629 | 147 | 0.0069% |
| 1955 | #648 | 130 | 0.0063% |
| 1954 | #643 | 130 | 0.0064% |
| 1953 | #645 | 122 | 0.0062% |
| 1952 | #596 | 139 | 0.0072% |
| 1951 | #567 | 146 | 0.0078% |
| 1950 | #604 | 128 | 0.0071% |
| 1949 | #574 | 138 | 0.0078% |
| 1948 | #562 | 141 | 0.0080% |
| 1947 | #564 | 144 | 0.0079% |
| 1946 | #582 | 121 | 0.0075% |
| 1945 | #544 | 121 | 0.0090% |
| 1944 | #581 | 111 | 0.0081% |
| 1943 | #545 | 131 | 0.0092% |
| 1942 | #483 | 161 | 0.0117% |
| 1941 | #478 | 151 | 0.0123% |
| 1940 | #481 | 144 | 0.0124% |
| 1939 | #451 | 162 | 0.0146% |
| 1938 | #461 | 157 | 0.0142% |
| 1937 | #479 | 141 | 0.0132% |
| 1936 | #471 | 143 | 0.0138% |
| 1935 | #408 | 181 | 0.0174% |
| 1934 | #418 | 178 | 0.0172% |
| 1933 | #435 | 161 | 0.0162% |
| 1932 | #443 | 163 | 0.0156% |
| 1931 | #425 | 177 | 0.0170% |
| 1930 | #424 | 194 | 0.0177% |
| 1929 | #404 | 208 | 0.0193% |
| 1928 | #393 | 228 | 0.0206% |
| 1927 | #405 | 220 | 0.0195% |
| 1926 | #397 | 223 | 0.0201% |
| 1925 | #378 | 249 | 0.0223% |
| 1924 | #367 | 268 | 0.0237% |
| 1923 | #378 | 248 | 0.0226% |
| 1922 | #355 | 276 | 0.0254% |
| 1921 | #345 | 292 | 0.0265% |
| 1920 | #351 | 283 | 0.0266% |
| 1919 | #321 | 304 | 0.0310% |
| 1918 | #352 | 272 | 0.0268% |
| 1917 | #318 | 287 | 0.0310% |
| 1916 | #323 | 266 | 0.0299% |
| 1915 | #308 | 274 | 0.0323% |
| 1914 | #311 | 211 | 0.0322% |
| 1913 | #305 | 171 | 0.0334% |
| 1912 | #314 | 137 | 0.0319% |
| 1911 | #325 | 70 | 0.0310% |
| 1910 | #333 | 55 | 0.0283% |
| 1909 | #340 | 47 | 0.0287% |
| 1908 | #321 | 48 | 0.0311% |
| 1907 | #326 | 43 | 0.0293% |
| 1906 | #356 | 34 | 0.0255% |
| 1905 | #301 | 45 | 0.0340% |
| 1904 | #372 | 30 | 0.0234% |
| 1903 | #320 | 35 | 0.0294% |
| 1902 | #308 | 39 | 0.0318% |
| 1901 | #297 | 35 | 0.0329% |
| 1900 | #330 | 42 | 0.0279% |
| 1899 | #282 | 38 | 0.0358% |
| 1898 | #258 | 48 | 0.0391% |
| 1897 | #262 | 45 | 0.0399% |
| 1896 | #288 | 41 | 0.0343% |
| 1895 | #297 | 37 | 0.0315% |
| 1894 | #280 | 40 | 0.0346% |
| 1893 | #242 | 51 | 0.0454% |
| 1892 | #259 | 48 | 0.0393% |
| 1891 | #266 | 37 | 0.0366% |
| 1890 | #296 | 34 | 0.0306% |
| 1889 | #254 | 42 | 0.0380% |
| 1888 | #291 | 37 | 0.0306% |
| 1887 | #289 | 33 | 0.0325% |
| 1886 | #256 | 44 | 0.0397% |
| 1885 | #259 | 41 | 0.0380% |
| 1884 | #236 | 51 | 0.0446% |
| 1883 | #250 | 43 | 0.0411% |
| 1882 | #226 | 53 | 0.0466% |
| 1881 | #209 | 53 | 0.0526% |
| 1880 | #227 | 52 | 0.0471% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Emery Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You are fine when in harmony but changeable when in discord, because many of your best qualities are then reversed. You are entertaining but may be impulsive. Freedom is a necessity, and you find it difficult to settle down. Your versatility results in many changes, and often brings travel. Your fine intellect is capable of high honors if applied seriously. You are capable of inspired thinking applied to material things. You can be restless, changeable, and very sexy. You have an eventful, exciting life. You are versatile and have the ability to learn easily.
Creative and outgoing, you are always looking for an opportunity to show your abilities, especially before audience. You are very flexible and like to feel appreciated. You are looking for chances to mix with others socially and to communicate your ideas. You like to talk and can easily relate to different cultures and concepts. The biggest challenge for you is uncertainty. Easily getting bored, you can move from one job to another, switch projects and lovers. The high creative force can lead you either to happiness or unhappiness. If you understand your goals, if you can make major decisions in life and follow it directly and straight up without worry and uncertainty, you are able to achieve great heights.
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