How popular is the name Emy?

1,454 US babies were named Emy between 1940 and 2025. The name peaked in 2024.

What careers are people named Emy over-represented in?

Among notable women who are actors, Emys show up 1.4× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is. This is a pattern among people who already have the name, not a prediction.

Name meaning & stats

Emy

Emy. 1,454 US babies since 1940, peak 2024. Notable Emys are 1.4× over-represented as actors.

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What it means

No agreed meaning on record

In US birth records

Peak year: 2024

1,454 US babies were named Emy between 1940 and 2025.

Emy around the world

France: 20,330 babies since 1900, peak 2021, No. 44 in 2025
Belgium: 1,510 babies since 1995, peak 2019, No. 154 in 2025
Sweden: 171 babies since 1998, peak 2006, No. 1,631 in 2022
England & Wales: 99 babies since 1996, peak 2025, No. 3,333 in 2025

From official birth registries. Sources are listed on About the data.

Where Emys end up

Career	vs expected	Confidence
Actor	1.4×	Low · 5 people
Film director	1.3×	Low · 2 people
Writer	1.0×	Low · 1 people
Singer	1.0×	Low · 1 people

Among notable women who are actors, Emys show up 1.4× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is.

Notable people of every nationality born 1940–2005 (Wikidata). Patterns, not destiny.

Other spellings

1 in 19 Emmys spell it Emy

Emmy 43%
Emmie 27%
Emi 15%
Emmi 8%
Emy 5%
Emie 1%

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 2024)