Emmy
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a diminutive of the female given names Emilia and Emma.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Emmy (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Emmy has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2000. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 128 |
| 1999 | 136 |
| 2000 | 155 |
| 2001 | 127 |
| 2002 | 128 |
| 2003 | 127 |
| 2004 | 143 |
| 2005 | 144 |
| 2006 | 131 |
| 2007 | 124 |
| 2008 | 118 |
| 2009 | 119 |
| 2010 | 116 |
| 2011 | 105 |
| 2012 | 102 |
| 2013 | 99 |
| 2014 | 106 |
| 2015 | 106 |
| 2016 | 99 |
| 2017 | 86 |
| 2018 | 71 |
| 2019 | 70 |
| 2020 | 59 |
| 2021 | 59 |
| 2022 | 43 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 3,363 |
| 2000 | 3,406 |
| 2001 | 3,440 |
| 2002 | 3,445 |
| 2003 | 3,488 |
| 2004 | 3,518 |
| 2005 | 3,571 |
| 2006 | 3,618 |
| 2007 | 3,676 |
| 2008 | 3,741 |
| 2009 | 3,779 |
| 2010 | 3,840 |
| 2011 | 3,883 |
| 2012 | 3,938 |
| 2013 | 3,992 |
| 2014 | 4,056 |
| 2015 | 4,117 |
| 2016 | 4,183 |
| 2017 | 4,223 |
| 2018 | 4,259 |
| 2019 | 4,295 |
| 2020 | 4,329 |
Emmy in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Emmy.Hi! My name is Emmy.
- Emmy bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Emmy lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Vet du om Emmy kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Emmy is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Emmys mamma är lärare.Emmy's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Emmys mamma is Emmy's mum.
Related names and other spellings
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Questions about Emmy
How do you pronounce Emmy in Swedish?
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What does the name Emmy mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a diminutive of the female given names Emilia and Emma.
How popular is Emmy in Sweden?
43 babies were named Emmy in 2022. In 2020, 4,329 people in Sweden had Emmy as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2000 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.