Fun Facts About the Name Emmaleigh
- More than 2 thousand babies named Emmaleigh: U.S. records list 2,545 babies given the name Emmaleigh from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Emmaleigh Mean?
Emmaleigh is a modern English feminine name usually understood as a combination of Emma and Leigh. Emma comes from Germanic naming elements meaning "whole" or "universal"; Leigh comes from the Old English word lēah, meaning "meadow," "woodland," or "clearing." Read literally, the two parts give the sense "universal meadow" or "whole meadow." This is a meaning drawn from the name's components, not an inherited definition found in older records for Emmaleigh as a whole. The name is distinct from Emily, which comes from Latin Aemilia and is commonly explained as "rival" or "striving."
Emmaleigh Name History & Origins
Emmaleigh belongs to the modern English pattern of feminine names formed with the ending -leigh. Leigh began as an Old English place-name and surname from lēah, "meadow" or "woodland clearing," and it later became a given name in English-speaking countries. Emma has a longer history: it comes from Germanic naming elements and was used in medieval Europe. Emma of Normandy, a queen consort of England, Denmark, and Norway in the eleventh century, is a prominent historical bearer. The name was established in England after the Norman Conquest and has remained in use in various periods. Emmaleigh joins these two familiar names into one written form. It is a contemporary formation rather than an inherited medieval name, and it uses the same -leigh ending found in other modern feminine names such as Kayleigh and Ryleigh. Although Emmaleigh sounds like Emily, its spelling and components point to Emma and Leigh rather than to the Latin name Aemilia behind Emily.
How Popular is the Name Emmaleigh?
Emmaleigh has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2010. Its best rank was #1,556 in 2010.
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 | #5,455 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 2024 | #4,678 | 29 | 0.0018% |
| 2023 | #4,070 | 36 | 0.0022% |
| 2022 | #4,939 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 2021 | #3,897 | 38 | 0.0023% |
| 2020 | #2,729 | 61 | 0.0038% |
| 2019 | #2,689 | 64 | 0.0038% |
| 2018 | #1,983 | 99 | 0.0058% |
| 2017 | #1,717 | 124 | 0.0072% |
| 2016 | #2,153 | 90 | 0.0051% |
| 2015 | #2,042 | 96 | 0.0054% |
| 2014 | #1,929 | 104 | 0.0058% |
| 2013 | #1,817 | 112 | 0.0064% |
| 2012 | #1,784 | 115 | 0.0065% |
| 2011 | #1,614 | 134 | 0.0076% |
| 2010 | #1,556 | 143 | 0.0080% |
| 2009 | #1,833 | 117 | 0.0064% |
| 2008 | #1,792 | 122 | 0.0065% |
| 2007 | #1,747 | 124 | 0.0065% |
| 2006 | #1,909 | 106 | 0.0056% |
| 2005 | #1,682 | 118 | 0.0064% |
| 2004 | #1,739 | 111 | 0.0060% |
| 2003 | #1,877 | 98 | 0.0054% |
| 2002 | #2,391 | 67 | 0.0037% |
| 2001 | #2,491 | 62 | 0.0034% |
| 2000 | #2,603 | 57 | 0.0031% |
| 1999 | #2,950 | 45 | 0.0025% |
| 1998 | #3,319 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 1997 | #3,390 | 34 | 0.0020% |
| 1996 | #3,314 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 1995 | #4,253 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 1994 | #4,733 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1993 | #5,754 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1992 | #5,552 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1991 | #6,719 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1990 | #11,834 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #8,995 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1987 | #10,243 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1986 | #9,900 | 6 | 0.0003% |
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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