Spellings

Emmy or Emmie?

In the US in 2025, 38% of babies in this name family were spelled Emmy and 22% Emmie. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.

Ten years ago

Emmy already led in 2015, with 40% of the family's births; it has 38% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 1,164 to 1,847 births (+59%).

Births by spelling, 2015 and 2025
Spelling20152025Change
Emmy467695+49%
Emmie249407+63%
Emi168303+80%
Eimy40238×6
Emmi81124+53%
Emme15980−50%

How they sound

  • Emmy /ˈɛmi/ (EM-ee)
  • Emmie /ˈɛmi/ (EM-ee)
  • Emi /ˈɛmiː/ (EM-ee)
  • Eimy /ˈeɪmi/ (AY-mee)
  • Emmi /ˈɛmi/ (EM-ee)
  • Emme /ˈɛmi/ (EM-ee)

In France

In France in 2025: Emmy 385 births (#137 among girls), Emmie 55 births (#699 among girls), Emi 35 births (#981 among girls) and Emmi 5 births. The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.

Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.

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