Fun Facts About the Name Emorie
- More than 1 thousand babies named Emorie: U.S. records list 1,029 babies given the name Emorie from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Emorie Mean?
Emorie is a spelling of the English name Emery, also written Emory. That name goes back to the Germanic personal name Emmerich, a compound whose second element, rīk-, means "ruler" or "power." The first element is usually explained as amal-, meaning "brave" or "vigorous" - the same element that appears in the name of the Gothic royal dynasty, the Amali - which yields the customary meaning "brave ruler" or "powerful ruler." Some reference works instead link the first element to a word for "work" or "labor," giving "industrious ruler." The second element is not in doubt; the uncertainty lies in the first.
The name is unrelated to the abrasive emery stone, whose word goes back through Old French and Latin to Greek smyris. A resemblance in sound does not mean a shared origin.
Emorie Name History & Origins
The Germanic name behind Emery and Emory is recorded in medieval Europe in several forms: Emmerich in German, Émeric in French, Emericus in Latin, and Imre in Hungarian. The Hungarian form is closely tied to Saint Emeric (Imre), son of King Stephen I of Hungary, who died in 1031 and was later canonized; devotion to him helped spread the name in Central Europe. A related form, Amalric (French Amaury), was borne by twelfth-century rulers of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and belongs to the same Germanic name family, sharing the amal- and rīk- elements.
After the Norman Conquest, the French form Émeric came into England as Emery, where it served first as a personal name and later as an inherited surname. The surname spellings Emery and Emory both developed from that medieval English use. Emory also became a place name, and Emory University carries the surname of the American Methodist bishop John Emory.
The spelling Emorie is a variant of these forms, using the -ie ending that is common in English respellings of names. It is best understood as one of several spellings of Emery and Emory rather than as a separate name with its own long history.
How Popular is the Name Emorie?
Emorie 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 2018. Its best rank was #2,281 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 | #2,446 | 73 | 0.0045% |
| 2024 | #2,633 | 66 | 0.0041% |
| 2023 | #3,019 | 55 | 0.0034% |
| 2022 | #2,729 | 63 | 0.0038% |
| 2021 | #2,857 | 59 | 0.0036% |
| 2020 | #2,605 | 65 | 0.0040% |
| 2019 | #2,690 | 64 | 0.0038% |
| 2018 | #2,281 | 80 | 0.0047% |
| 2017 | #2,910 | 57 | 0.0033% |
| 2016 | #2,812 | 61 | 0.0034% |
| 2015 | #2,898 | 60 | 0.0034% |
| 2014 | #3,508 | 45 | 0.0025% |
| 2013 | #3,486 | 45 | 0.0026% |
| 2012 | #4,874 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 2011 | #4,486 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 2010 | #4,775 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 2009 | #6,385 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2008 | #6,410 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2007 | #5,136 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2006 | #6,952 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 2005 | #7,625 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2004 | #14,711 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #11,645 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2002 | #10,482 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2001 | #14,075 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1997 | #10,084 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1996 | #14,193 | 5 | 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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