Emely

A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning rival; variant of Emilia or Emily.

Babies a year
743
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#503
down from #425
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

How Emely has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#379#475#570201520202025#503

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#432
2016#481
2017#428
2018#484
2019#430
2020#524
2021#526
2022#446
2023#423
2024#425
2025#503

Emely by the numbers

Emely was given to 743 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 1,092 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

At its height, in 2005, about 1 in 1,900 American girls born that year was called Emely.

Other names that come from Emilia

Like Emely, each of these traces back to Emilia: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Emiliarival, eager832 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Emilianorival or ambitious; masculine form of Emilia1,864 in the US (2017)
  • Emmywhole or universal; diminutive of Emilia or Emma105 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Emmelinework; a form of Emilia92 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Emilynindustrious rival; a form of Emilia65 in the US (2017)
  • Emalinework; a form of Emilia or Emiline55 in the US (2017)
  • Emilynnindustrious rival; a form of Emilia with Lynn suffix44 in the US (2017)
  • Emileighrival; a form of Emilia35 in the US (2017)

Other names that come from Emily

Like Emely, each of these traces back to Emily: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Emileerival; a modern spelling of Emily322 in the US (2017)
  • Emaleerival; a modern spelling of Emily67 in the US (2017)
  • Emsleyrival, eager; a form of Emily with suffix -ley50 in the US (2017)
  • Emilijarival; a form of Emily18 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Emily-Roserival rose; compound of Emily and Rose18 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Emileyrival, eager; a form of Emily16 in the US (2017)
  • Emyliarival, eager; a form of Emily16 in the US (2017)
  • Emilyarival; a form of Emily13 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Emely. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Emilyrival, eager9,751 in the US (2017)
  • Emerybrave, powerful; industrious ruler2,983 in the US (2017)
  • Emelynrival; a modern respelling of Emeline or Emilia106 in the US (2017)
  • Emerly24 in the US (2017)
  • Emeli20 in the US (2017)
  • Emmely11 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Emely

Names that are said the same way as Emely, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Emilierival or eager; a form of Emilia65 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Emelieindustrious; a form of Amelia56 in the US (2017)
  • Emillyrival; a form of Emily29 in the US (2017)
  • Emilieager or industrious; a form of Emily19 in the US (2017)
  • Emmilyrival, eager; a form of Emily16 in the US (2017)
  • Emillierival; a form of Emily13 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Emely

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