Emory
Top 1000
About Emory
Less popular than Emery, this name also attributes to Emory University. Both spellings of the name lean more heavily to the girls' side, but this one is not quite as unbalanced.
Emory is used about 40 percent of the time for baby boys, while with Emery, it's only a bit over 10 percent.
Pronounced EM-uh-ree.
As of October 2026, Emory ranked #883 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #240 in 1881.
Editor's take: The name Emory is a boy's name of German origin meaning "industrious".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #864 | 255 | 132.8 |
| 2015 | #830 | 271 | 141.4 |
| 2016 | #835 | 271 | 142.8 |
| 2017 | #807 | 282 | 152.4 |
| 2018 | #789 | 288 | 158.6 |
| 2019 | #803 | 286 | 159.4 |
| 2020 | #819 | 281 | 162.8 |
| 2021 | #819 | 293 | 167.5 |
| 2022 | #849 | 287 | 164.4 |
| 2023 | #831 | 295 | 172.5 |
| 2024 | #884 | 271 | 157.3 |
| 2025 | #883 | 269 | 157.5 |
World rankings
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Emory on lists
Famous Emorys
- Emory Upton
US Civil War general
- (Alfred) Emory Johnson
American actor
- Emory Isaac Cohen
American actor
- Emory Parnell
American actor
- Emory Albert Chase
American politician and lawyer
- Emory Douglas
American Black Panther Party activist
- Emory Blake
American NFL player
- Wyatt Emory Cooper
American author/screenwriter
Emory in pop culture
- Peter Emory
character from TV series "American Gothic"
- Erwin "Whistler" Emory
character from the movie "Sneakers"
- Emory Dick
male character from TV series "Popular"
- Emory University
private research university in Atlanta, Georgia, USA