Emilee
Emilee is a feminine given name and variant of Emily.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Emilee
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Emilee is a feminine given name and variant of Emily.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Emilee
Emilee first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1916, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2003: 1,019 births, good for #304 nationwide. About 37% of every Emilee on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Emilee ranks #2,159 for baby girls with 88 births, falling sharply (-56%). All told, over 24K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Emilee
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Emilee. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Emilee
Emilee is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1916 and has accumulated 24K births in the dataset. Emilee's peak popularity came in 2003 when it ranked #304. Use the chart and map above to compare Emilee'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.