Emel
Emel is a name with a single cultural origin: Turkish.
- Turkish
Meaning & Origin of Emel
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Emel is a name with a single cultural origin: Turkish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Turkish
The Story of Emel
As a girl name
American parents first put Emel on the record books as a girl name in 1997, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2014, when 6 Emels were born — ranking #14,553 that year. About 48% of every Emel on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Emel last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 21 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Emel as a boy name dates back to 1921, when 6 babies received it. 1921 was its biggest year on record, with 6 newborns named Emel — #3,869 in the national rankings. Emel last appeared in the published SSA data in 1921, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 6 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Emel
Emel is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1997 and has accumulated 21 births in the dataset. Emel's peak popularity came in 2014 when it ranked #14,553. Use the chart and map above to compare Emel'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.