Emery

Meaning: Vigorous ruler, or ruler of the home
Origin: Germanic — From medieval forms of Amalric or Henry

Boy's name · #815 in the US (2025) · Vintage

10% boys · 90% girls — About 90% of babies named Emery in recent years have been girls. Emery →

Popularity over time

Emery is an heirloom: its strongest era came around 1881, when it ranked #209. It has thinned since but never left the records — about 20,000 boys since 1880, ranked #815 today. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 28 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#492 in Canada (2025) · #762 in Scotland (2025) · #1,359 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,144 in Sweden (2025) · #2,235 in Ecuador (2025) · #4,089 in France (2025) · #10,870 in Italy (2023).

Famous Emerys

Emery Lehman — American speed skater (born 1996)
Emery Roth — American architect (1871–1948)
Emery Jones — American football player (born 2004)
Emery Brown — American anesthesiologist (born 1957)
Emery Molyneux — English globemaker (died 1598)

What Emerys become

Among 108 notable people named Emery:

Political leaders appear 1.62× more often than among typical names — e.g. Emery J. San Souci, American politician (1857–1936).

Similar names: Emeric · Will · Emil · Perry · Alfred · Harry

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