Emmi
Emmi is a name with a single cultural origin: Finnish.
- Finnish
Meaning & Origin of Emmi
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Emmi is a name with a single cultural origin: Finnish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Finnish
The Story of Emmi
American parents first put Emmi on the record books as a baby girl name in 1975, with 8 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2018, when 127 Emmis were born — ranking #1,656 that year. The 2010s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 39% of all recorded Emmis. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #1,855 among baby girl names with 108 births, holding steady (-2%). In total, more than 2K Emmis have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Emmi
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Emmi. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Emmi
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About the name Emmi
Emmi is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1975 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Emmi's peak popularity came in 2018 when it ranked #1,656. Use the chart and map above to compare Emmi'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.