Emberly
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Meaning
elaboration of Ember, influenced by the spelling of Kimberly
The story
Emberly is what a warm word becomes when families give it Kimberly's tailoring: Behind the Name reads it as an elaboration of Ember influenced by the spelling of Kimberly, and the records date the experiment precisely. About 50 girls in the 1980s, double digits for two decades, then the leap: about 2,300 in the 2010s, and with about 2,900 so far this decade it has already passed its full 2010s total with years to run. It rides the same warm current that lifted Ember itself, adds the familiar three-syllable cadence of Kimberly and Everly, and lands somewhere cozier than either. A young name still writing its first chapter, and writing it quickly enough that the ink is barely dry on the page.
How popular is Emberly around the world?
In the United States, 2,929 babies were named Emberly between 2020 and 2025.
Emberly is on the official records of the United States, Canada and England and Wales.
United States
1 in 7,400
In the United States, 2,929 babies were named Emberly between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Emberly peaked in the 2010s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Canada
1 in 20,000
In Canada, 18 girls named Emberly were born in 2024, ranked 1,349th among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
England and Wales
1 in 150,000
In England and Wales, 4 girls named Emberly were born in 2025, ranked 4,867th among girls that year.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the South Australia record for 1944 to 2017: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Emberly
Most people given the name Emberly in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Emberly deep dive
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