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Emily

Emily means "Rival" and comes from Latin, giving it real etymological depth as a girl's name. It peaked back in the 1990s and has been gradually easing since. In the current registry, it is a name nearly everyone knows. It has appeared in U.S. birth records in nearly every decade since 1900, a genuinely long run.

LatinRival
LatinIndustrious
Also spelled: Emilee, Emilie
Births by decade
1900s
6,423
1910s
17,087
1920s
18,806
1930s
11,971
1940s
13,441
1950s
12,855
1960s
12,338
1970s
46,997
1980s
132,281
1990s
237,611
2000s
224,050
2010s
100,526
Peaked in the 1990s · 834,386 total U.S. births since 1900