Emani
#1,375 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Emani has been given to 6,783 babies in the U.S. since 1990. In 2025 it ranked #1,375 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2019, with 276 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 93% girls, 7% boys all-time.
Babies named Emani, 2025
1 in 20,700
Emani over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Emani over time
In 2025, Emani went to 92% girls and 8% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Emani?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 20,700
- 160 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 10,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #1,375
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 14,363 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Emani sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 14,363 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Emani. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Emanis were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Emani was born before 2011 — so the typical Emani is around 14 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 33.3% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 81.7%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 6,329
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 33.3% of all recorded uses (2,110).
Is Emani rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- −60
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −391
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −185
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.75×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 58.0%
- Peak was 2019 (276)
- Years since peak
- 6
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 14.3% average annual change
Spellings of Emani
Emani is not the most common spelling — Imani is, with 9.1% against Emani's 2.1%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Emani is used — girls
Across 2016–2025, Emani was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 1,695 girls, against 1 in 7,252 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in 50,000).
Most concentrated
- 1Louisiana1 in 1,695
- 2Georgia1 in 3,125
- 3North Carolina1 in 3,846
- 4Florida1 in 4,762
- 5Mississippi1 in 5,556
- 6Michigan1 in 5,882
- 7Illinois1 in 6,250
- 8Tennessee1 in 6,250
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.
Where Emani is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Emani was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,267,344 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2Florida1 in —
- 3Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Emani has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Emani around the world
Where Emani ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales1998–2025#2,788in 2025
- France2025–2025#6,338in 2025
- Canada2022–2022#3,322in 2022
- South Australia2009–2009#818in 2009
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Emani by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Emani
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Names with a curve like Emani
Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Emani, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.
Sibling names for Emani
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.