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Emery

OriginEnglish from German
Meaning"industrious"

About Emery

Emery is one of the newly popular Em- names that has great potential, though right now for girls more than boys: it received a boost in 2009, a year after Angie Harmon and Jason Sehorn used it for one of their daughters.

Emery ranks on the Top 1000 for both boys and girls, but all the way up in the Top 100 for girls and down in the 700s for boys. Many related names are also trending for baby boys, from Emerson to Emrys to Amory to Emmett.

Pronounced EM-er-ee.

As of October 2026, Emery ranked #815 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #209 in 1881, Nameberry popularity #672.

Editor: Sophie Kihm

Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.

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