Emi

“A Japanese name — written with various kanji (for example 恵美 'blessing + beauty' or 笑 'smile')” — Japanese origin

Girl's name · #882 in the US (2025) · Trending

Emi is climbing: on the charts since 1916, it reached #882 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 300 girls given the name last year. Roughly 4,400 have carried it all-time. In Hawaii it runs about 18× its national rate and ranks #71. Together with its spelling variants Emmy (#445), Emmie (#695), and Emmi (#1669), Emi would rank around #200 with about 1,500 births last year — the newborns split about 45/27/20/8 across Emmy, Emmie, Emi, and Emmi.

Around the world: about 1 in 4,500 girls in Scotland (2025) · about 1 in 4,500 girls in Belgium (2025) · about 1 in 5,700 girls in Switzerland (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 15 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Emis

Emi Yamamoto — Japanese association football player
Emi Nakajima — Japanese association football player
Emi Shinohara — Japanese voice actress (1963–2024)
Emi Takei — Japanese actress and model
Emi Wada — Japanese costume designer (1937–2021)

In stories & tradition

Emi Isuzu — Tenjho Tenge
Emi — spirit
Emi Namba — The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls · The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls: Starlight Stage

What Emis become

Among 277 notable people named Emi:

Entertainers appear 3.56× more often than among typical names — e.g. Emi Shinohara, Japanese voice actress (1963–2024).

Similar names: Yuna · Ema · Remy · Kiyomi · Mei · Nami

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