Emmalee
- Pronunciation
- [Eh-mah-lee]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Variation Of The Name Emily
- Origin
- English
About the Name Emmalee
Emmalee is a modern blended spelling within the Emily and Emma family, names rooted in the Latin aemulus, "rival," and the Germanic ermen, meaning "whole" or "universal." This version fuses the warmth of Emma with a lilting -lee ending, creating a soft, decorative, contemporary feel rather than carrying an independent ancient history of its own. Pronounced Eh-mah-lee, its three gentle syllables read as sweet and current, a name that takes a beloved classic root and gives it a fresh, personalized flourish.
Emmalee first entered the US Social Security top-1000 in 2000 and held the list through 2015, accumulating 5,618 births across those years. It reached its best national rank of #634 in 2005, with later showings of #769 in 2013 and #973 in 2015 before it eased below the threshold. That arc — a peak in the mid-2000s followed by a gradual fade — places it among the wave of inventive, blended girls' names that flourished in the early years of the century before cooling.
The name's appeal is its tender, melodic blend of familiar favorites, offering the comfort of Emily and Emma in a more distinctive, ornamented form. Recorded variants and related forms include Emi, Emily, Emmie, and Emy, giving parents a range that runs from the timeless, classic Emily to the cozy, affectionate nickname Emmie.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Emmalee
US Popularity History (2000–2015)
Annual US births named Emmalee by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2005 with 441 girls named Emmalee (girl rank #634 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2015, ranked #973 for girls (278 US births). That's 339 places below its 2005 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Emmalee Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Emmalee the strongest states are Oklahoma, Kentucky, Utah.
Strongest girls-name states
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Emmalee in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Compare Emmalee to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Emmalee against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).