Emalee
Emalee is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Emalee
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Emalee is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Emalee
Emalee first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1918, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2005: 236 births, good for #1,027 nationwide. About 44% of every Emalee on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Emalee ranks #7,409 for baby girls with 14 births, falling sharply (-62%). All told, over 4K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Emalee
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About the name Emalee
Emalee is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1918 and has accumulated 4K births in the dataset. Emalee's peak popularity came in 2005 when it ranked #1,027. Use the chart and map above to compare Emalee's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.