Emory is a boy's name of English origin meaning “home strength, industrious leader.” In 2024 it was given to 271 boys in the United States.
Emory belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “home strength, industrious leader” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Emory first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #240 in 1881, and in 2024 271 babies received the name — 18,700 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Emory means “home strength, industrious leader” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Emory is a boy name. In 2024, 271 babies received the name in the US.
Emory comes from the English & American tradition.
Emory first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #240 in 1881, and 271 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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