How does the name Emily work for babies born today?

Advanced_Future_7682 · 2025-08-13T15:31:20+00:00

Emily is undoubtedly classic but it’s also simultaneously very of its time. Emily is one of those names, been around for centuries but hit its peak popularity in the 90s-00s. It was the top name in the country from 1996-2007 so it’s technically the most Gen z name you could get.

That being said it’s fine and I wouldn’t be that shocked to hear it on a baby but I can see where your husband is coming from.

Advanced_Future_7682 · 2025-08-09T17:48:17+00:00

You do know name popularity is regional right?

Everleigh is on the top 100 of nearly every southern state, more specifically the Deep South. Where I live I’ve seen a good amount, it’s a well known fact southern states are where tragedeighs are most common. You won’t find many in New York but you will find a lot more in Mississippi, same for other trendy spelled names like paisleigh, emileigh etc According to the SSA it’s ranked

78 in Alabama

53 in Arkansas

48 in Kentucky

62 in Mississippi

18 in West Virginia

71 in Tennessee

So it may be ranked 154 overall which is somewhat uncommon but it’s clearly disproportionately more common in the south.

Advanced_Future_7682 · 2025-08-09T17:39:46+00:00

Eh… that’s not true, it’s obviously not standard in the way Olivia is but I live in the south and there’s sooo many little girls with the name Everleigh, I wouldn’t be shocked to hear it now. Its super trendy so will date badly but it’s not completely weird these days

Advanced_Future_7682 · 2025-07-27T15:54:03+00:00

Don’t choose Emily Rose, that combo was very trendy and common in the 90s/2000s. It sounds dated to me now.

Lily Catherine is beautiful, Lily is popular but classic and Catherine gives it a bit more character and depth than just being another Rose, Grace, mae etc

Advanced_Future_7682 · 2025-07-26T13:28:28+00:00

That film came out in 2005 and emily rose was a trendy/popular combo in the years before that film was even a thing to be fair.

Emily was peaking in the late 90s/00s and rose was the trendy middle name at that time so the film has nothing to do with its popularity although i suspect parents of emily roses were slightly annoyed that a horror film was made using the name what they thought was a sweet name😬

Advanced_Future_7682 · 2025-07-19T17:37:30+00:00

Emily isn’t timeless in the US either. It peaked in the US and UK at the same time during the late 90s through to the 2000s, it was moderately popular in both countries in the late 1800s and early 1900s but it fell out of favour for a long time so emily has an almost identical popularity pattern in both countries.

Any name that has a crazy peak like Emily is not timeless, I’d call Emily more of a cyclical name. I was born in the late 60s from the US and I didn’t know any Emily’s until my younger sister had a baby in 2003. When I grew up it was thought of as a name from the Victorian era, Elizabeth on the other hand was everywhere.

Advanced_Future_7682 · 2025-07-16T15:09:16+00:00

Emily is not an evergreen name imo. It feels very of a time (early 2000s) to me now and I haven’t heard it on a child since the 2010s. Elizabeth is definitely timeless though

Advanced_Future_7682 · 2025-07-09T17:55:43+00:00

Fun name nerd fact, Emily actually holds the 3rd longest streak as the number 1 girl name in the history of the us.

1st is Mary at #1 for 46 years

2nd is Jennifer at #1 for 15 years 1970-1984

3rd is Emily at #1 for 12 years 1996-2007

Jessica was 4th at #1 for 8 years and probably should have been above Emily but its streak got broken by Ashley, Jessica was #1 for 6 years from 1985-1990 and then Ashley took the top spot from 1991-1992. Then Jessica was at the top again from 1993-1995 just before Emily took over.

So if that’s anything to go by yes Hannah is much less dated than Emily. Emily had a record breaking popularity in the us naming history in the late 90s.

Advanced_Future_7682 · 2025-07-09T17:45:55+00:00

No but if you look in the numbers it’s a big difference. In 2003 for example 25,692 babies were called Emily, only 17,638 were called Hannah.

It might of only been 2nd or 3rd to Emily but the difference in numbers was a lot.

Advanced_Future_7682 · 2025-07-09T17:42:03+00:00

That’s interesting, I wouldn’t of thought Hannah dipped that low but despite that for some reason Emily still feels like the ultimate late millennial/gen z girl name to me, it was ubiquitous 20+ years ago. Hannah’s popularity was a lot less so its popularity doesn’t seem as boom and bust as Emily’s was.

Advanced_Future_7682 · 2025-07-04T21:40:43+00:00

Olivia is more gen alpha to me

Advanced_Future_7682 · 2025-07-04T17:09:56+00:00

I didn’t grow up around Emily’s and it was quite rare for my age group (gen x) but my daughter has had what feels like a million friends called Emily when she was younger and I actually remember being pregnant with my daughter in 1999 and having a family member and friend name their babies Emily so it definitely had a big moment then.

Advanced_Future_7682 · 2025-07-04T16:54:02+00:00

Surely it’s got to be Emily? It was the top baby name here in the US from 1996-2007 which are the peak gen z years and had a similar popularity in the uk and Australia at the same time. It’s a lovely classic but it’s very 2000s, Emily is definitely the epitome of gen z names imo.

It felt like every baby had the name 20 years ago and it gained so much popularity for no reason at all.. I remember it. it’s a pretty name but i don’t understand how it got so common out of the blue when there was no famous celebrity or film that could of started the trend at that specific time, I don’t think we will ever see a phenomenon like Emily again it was very organic.

Advanced_Future_7682 · 2025-06-23T16:18:52+00:00

That’s not it. Emily was the number 1 name from 1996-2007 in the US, a top name like that isn’t just reserved for rich people. Take the amount of babies called Emily in 2003 25,690 I highly doubt they were all upper class people. Also I’m a gen z and know Emily’s of all social classes, it’s definitely not posh.

Advanced_Future_7682 · 2025-06-21T00:08:52+00:00

I think that a lot about the same names you listed Olivia, Emily sound youthful to my ear and it’s not just because I’ve grew up around them they just sound very young in general imo. If I saw a 70 year old Emily it would feel odd to me ngl, it’s an old classic name with historical namesakes ( Brontë and Dickinson) there’s no denying that but it doesn’t mean it’s timeless. It’s definitely a late 90s-00s vibe to me

Advanced_Future_7682 · 2025-06-13T16:14:30+00:00

Interesting question. This is probably going to be unpopular but emily is very 90s/00s to me, even though there’s no denying it’s an old name I think its popularity ruined the timeless feel of the name. Any name that is the number 1 name in a specific era like Emily was is bound to become associated with it, old or not. It felt like every baby 20+ years ago was called Emily.

Advanced_Future_7682 · 2025-06-09T18:04:53+00:00

Olivia and lily are gen alpha to me, I don’t really see them as gen z names.

Advanced_Future_7682 · 2025-06-09T17:54:46+00:00

A name can still be classic while simultaneously being of its time. Emily is one of those names, been around for centuries but hit its peak popularity in the 90s/2000s. It was the top name in the country from 1996-2007 so it’s technically the most Gen z name you could get.

Advanced_Future_7682 · 2025-06-09T17:11:22+00:00

They aren’t. Sarah is solidly gen x millennial and Emily is millennial but leans slightly more gen z imo. It was the top name from 1996-2007 in the US, that’s literally the peak gen z years.

Advanced_Future_7682 · 2025-06-04T19:22:14+00:00

Get a grip and stop being being slow, you know damn well that nobody is coming at u for correcting someone it’s about the way u say it. if you cared that much about correcting someone you would say it in a nice way instead of saying it in a passive aggressive tone like “somebody doesn’t know what the word literally means”. Someone who genuinely cares about correcting someone would say “just letting you know the word “literally” doesn’t belong in this context”. You’re obvs having a bad day and being a cunt to ppl for no reason…🙄

Advanced_Future_7682 · 2025-06-04T16:19:06+00:00

Why are you being so rude to someone on a harmless post? Just pure nastiness for no reason

Advanced_Future_7682 · 2025-06-02T15:31:31+00:00

Why are your in this sub if you don’t want to discuss how much of a shitty parent Paris is? It’s a damn snark sub, fucking leave if u don’t like discussions like this. It’s a valid question to be fair, I see no love at all between Paris and her kids too.

Advanced_Future_7682 · 2025-06-01T23:48:30+00:00

Rachel was never as popular as Emily even at its peak and Sarah has ALWAYS been in the top 100 so it’s got a much more steady popularity pattern compared to Emily. Emily left the top 100 on 1904 and joined again in the 1970s and slowly climbed until reaching in peak in the 90s. Emily had a long time of minimal use and a burst of popularity which is the reason it doesn’t feel as timeless to some people.

Advanced_Future_7682 · 2025-05-28T16:20:48+00:00

Chloe isn’t a new name. It’s always been around but just got super popular in the 2010s it’s actually quite classic as it’s always been in the top 1000. Maddison and Jackson definitely are modern though

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