Unisex name · since 1880
Emile
8,641 babies named Emile in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,313 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,093 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,641
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
8,641 babies have been named Emile since 1880, making it today's #2093 unisex name.
Emile has 8,641 recorded births among boys since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2093 as of the latest data, more common than 85% of boys, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #1,313 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,093 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 8,641 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emile ranks #1,313 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,093 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 8,641 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #1,313 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,093 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,641
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Emile's 8,641 recorded births place it above 97.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
20 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Louisiana.
How Emile compares
8,641 Top 10% higher than 90% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Emile's all-time total is 23x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Emile | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 8,641 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 167 | 34 | 22,252 |
Emile's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Emile splits its recorded history at 1953: 39% of all births land in the more recent half, 61% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1880 (12 births) -- compare that against the 1922 peak of 167 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Emile popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1922)
- 167
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Emile popularity over time - girls
648 total births recorded since 1891 (Emile as girls' name)
Emile by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (1,420 births, 16% of the file).
1920s was Emile's strongest decade.
1,420 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 16% of all-time use.
Emile births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 233
1880s
233 births
- 1890s 247
1890s
247 births
- 1900s 264
1900s
264 births
- 1910s
1910s
1,093 births
- 1920s
1920s
1,420 births
- 1930s
1930s
971 births
- 1940s
1940s
830 births
- 1950s
1950s
671 births
- 1960s 520
1960s
520 births
- 1970s 392
1970s
392 births
- 1980s 328
1980s
328 births
- 1990s 320
1990s
320 births
- 2000s 396
2000s
396 births
- 2010s 511
2010s
511 births
- 2020s 445
2020s
445 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 1,420 births (16% of all-time use).
How Emile compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Emile's total volume
Emile by state
Where Emile concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 2,200 | 25.5% |
| #2 | Massachusetts | | 697 | 8.1% |
| #3 | California | | 554 | 6.4% |
| #4 | New York | | 440 | 5.1% |
| #5 | Maine | | 285 | 3.3% |
| #6 | Rhode Island | | 240 | 2.8% |
| #7 | New Hampshire | | 161 | 1.9% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 85 | 1.0% |
2,200 of 8,641 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 20 reporting states.
Emile appears in 20 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Emile's data
- Emile's decade-level peak was the 1920s (1,420 total births); usage has since declined to 445 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Louisiana records the most Emiles (2,200 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Louisiana names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Emile: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1922)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Emile draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.