Fun Facts About the Name Emberly
- More than 5 thousand babies named Emberly: U.S. records list 5,559 babies given the name Emberly from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Emberly Mean?
Emberly is a modern English name with no ancient etymology. Its first element is the English word ember, a small piece of glowing or smoldering coal or wood left in a fire. That word goes back to Old English ǣmerge, which is related to Old Norse eimyrja. The second element is the ending -ly, which in recent names such as Amberly and Everly works only as a decorative name ending. In older English place names and surnames this same ending usually stands for Old English lēah, meaning "wood" or "clearing," but there is no evidence that it carries that sense in Emberly.
Emberly is best explained either as a direct coinage from the word ember or as an alteration of Amberly, which is built on the unrelated gem name Amber. The two explanations cannot be separated with certainty. The name has no traditional translation; its only literal sense is "ember."
Emberly Name History & Origins
Emberly belongs to the modern period of English naming. It came into use in the late twentieth century, mainly in the United States, as part of a large group of newly created names ending in -ly, among them Amberly, Everly, and Brynlee. It is not a form of any older given name, and it has no medieval, biblical, or saint's associations. Names of this kind are usually made by joining a short, familiar word or sound to a fashionable ending, and Emberly follows that pattern. Its connection to Amberly is uncertain: it may be a variant of it or an independent coinage from ember.
The word behind the name is much older than the name itself. Ember has been part of English since the Old English period, but the personal name is recent. Spellings such as Emberlee, Emberley, and Emberlie also occur, which is typical of names that exist mainly as sounds and spellings rather than as inherited forms.
How Popular is the Name Emberly?
Emberly recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2018. Its best rank was #528 in 2018.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #688 | 411 | 0.0256% |
| 2024 | #632 | 466 | 0.0289% |
| 2023 | #659 | 445 | 0.0278% |
| 2022 | #597 | 501 | 0.0306% |
| 2021 | #539 | 569 | 0.0347% |
| 2020 | #554 | 536 | 0.0332% |
| 2019 | #548 | 556 | 0.0331% |
| 2018 | #528 | 593 | 0.0349% |
| 2017 | #628 | 471 | 0.0273% |
| 2016 | #1,245 | 196 | 0.0111% |
| 2015 | #1,760 | 119 | 0.0067% |
| 2014 | #2,056 | 95 | 0.0053% |
| 2013 | #2,330 | 79 | 0.0045% |
| 2012 | #2,716 | 65 | 0.0037% |
| 2011 | #2,808 | 62 | 0.0035% |
| 2010 | #2,916 | 59 | 0.0033% |
| 2009 | #4,512 | 33 | 0.0018% |
| 2008 | #4,207 | 37 | 0.0020% |
| 2007 | #5,576 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 2006 | #6,201 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2005 | #5,654 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2004 | #5,259 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2003 | #7,317 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2002 | #7,968 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2001 | #9,599 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2000 | #13,683 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #13,189 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #14,875 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1997 | #10,081 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1996 | #6,154 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1995 | #6,765 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1993 | #8,947 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1992 | #10,835 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1991 | #13,824 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #8,058 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1989 | #7,120 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1988 | #9,553 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1985 | #7,782 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1984 | #7,593 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1983 | #9,369 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1982 | #10,973 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1980 | #8,401 | 7 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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