Emmy: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced EM-ee · 2 syllables

Emmy means “rival, emulator”, from English.

A diminutive of Emily, Emma, Emmeline or Amelia, also used as a given name.

How popular is Emmy?

Emmy was the #445 name in the US in 2025, given to 695 babies. It’s rising: up 51% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2020.

Babies named Emmy in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2020).

Half of US adults named Emmy are older than 27; most are between 18 and 72. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Emmy have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Emmy means “rival, emulator”. It comes from English.

Emmy is pronounced EM-ee.

Emmy was the #445 name in the US in 2025, given to 695 babies. It’s rising: up 51% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2020.

Half of US adults named Emmy are older than 27. Most are between 18 and 72.