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“Variant of Emery — Vigorous ruler, or ruler of the home” — Germanic origin
Girl's name · #339 in the US (2025) · 2020s
Emory reached its best rank, #333, in 2024 and ranked #339 in 2025. About 11,000 girls have carried it since 1915. In Mississippi and Alabama it runs about 4× its national rate. For most of its history Emory was mostly a boys' name; since around 2007 most babies named Emory have been girls. Together with its spelling variants Emori (#1564) and Emorie (#2446), Emory would rank around #279 with about 1,100 births last year — the newborns split about 81/12/7 across Emory, Emori, and Emorie.
Around the world: about 1 in 9,800 girls in Canada (2024).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 39 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 102 notable people named Emory:
Similar names: Emori · Remington · Ember · Ivory · Harlow · Kori
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