Emmy

“Variant of Emma — Whole; universal” — Germanic origin

Girl's name · #445 in the US (2025) · Trending

Emmy is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1885, it stood at #445 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet; about 13,000 girls have been named Emmy along the way. Together with its spelling variants Emmie (#695), Emi (#882), and Emmi (#1669), Emmy 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 750 girls in France (2025) · about 1 in 780 girls in Scotland (2025) · about 1 in 920 girls in New Zealand (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 38 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Emmys

Emmy Rossum — American actress
Emmy Noether — German Jewish mathematician (1882–1935)
Emmy Göring — German actress, art collector (1893-1973)
Emmy — Armenian singer
Emmy Raver-Lampman — American actress and singer

In stories & tradition

Emmy Altava — Professor Layton · Professor Layton and the Last Specter
Emmy — Dragon Tales
Emmy Lou — Louisiana Purchase

What Emmys become

Among 373 notable people named Emmy:

Entertainers appear 2.3× more often than among typical names — e.g. Emmy Rossum, American actress.

Similar names: Emmie · Lorelai · Emme · Demi · Leighton · Emory

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