Over the past 110 years, 342 boys and 841 919 girls have been named Emily. The name Emily ranks 3896th in the United States among the most common names for boys. For the first time more than ten times newborns were named Emily in 1979. The peak of popularity of the name Emily came in the 1970s and 1980s. You can see absolute numbers and relative numbers on the chart. Indicators per 100K more accurately assess the popularity of the name.