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Boy's name · #883 in the US (2025) · Vintage
26% boys · 74% girls — For most of its history Emory was mostly a boys' name; since around 2007 most babies named Emory have been girls. Emory →
Emory is an heirloom: its strongest era came around 1881, when it ranked #240. It has thinned since but never left the records — about 19,000 boys since 1880, ranked #883 today. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 23 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#1,641 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,636 in Canada (2024).
Among 102 notable people named Emory:
Lawyers & judges appear 3.01× more often than among typical names — e.g. Emory Speer, American politician, soldier and lawyer (1848–1918).
Similar names: Emery · Charley · Emil · Harry · Luther · Emmitt
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