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Emlyn

#9,646 in 2025Girls' name

Around the valley

Emlyn has been given to 477 babies in the U.S. since 1954. In 2025 it ranked #9,646 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2018, with 37 recorded.

Babies named Emlyn, 2025

1 in 332,000

Emlyn over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
01020304018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Emlyn: meaning, origin, and history

Around the valley

Welsh

What Emlyn means

Emlyn means “around the valley”.

Origin, language, and formation

Emlyn is used in English and Welsh. Its origins include Welsh.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 467 girls were recorded with the name Emlyn between 1954 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 37 in 2018; its best national rank was #3,947 in 2018.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,060 in 2020 to #9,646 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #8,133 in 2015 to #9,646 in 2025.

In the United States, 10 boys were recorded with the name Emlyn between 1923 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1923; its best national rank was #4,418 in 1923.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Emlyn?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 332,000
10 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 161,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#9,646
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
229,791 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Emlyn sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Emlyn. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Emlyns were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Emlyn was born before 2012 — so the typical Emlyn is around 13 today.

Median birth year
2012
About 13 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
39.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
82.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
467
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 39.8% of all recorded uses (186).

Is Emlyn 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
+1,756
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−4,586
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,513
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.71×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
27.0%
Peak was 2018 (37)
Years since peak
7
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
48.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,947
2018

Spellings of Emlyn

Emlyn is not the most common spelling — Emily is, with 45.7% against Emlyn's 0.02%.

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.

Emlyn around the world

Where Emlyn 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 & Wales
    2020–2023
    #5,688
    in 2023
  • France
    1990–1998
    #3,923
    in 1998
  • Canada
    2005–2007
    #2,743
    in 2007
  • South Australia
    1983–2011
    #840
    in 2011

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.

Emlyn by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#9,646
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 4,586
Best rank ever
#3,947
2018
Peak year
2018
37 that year
First recorded
1954
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
467
Count in 2025
10

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#4,418
1923
Peak year
1923
5 that year
First recorded
1923
Last recorded
2023
All-time count
10
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Emlyn

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Emlyn

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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