Emilea — girls' name
471 babies named Emilea in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
37% of everyone ever named Emilea was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Emilea in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Emilea
The Social Security Administration has registered 471 babies named Emilea between 1983 and 2023, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Emilea currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Emilea performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 173 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Emilea shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Emilea in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Emilea in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 471 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Emilea at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Emilea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1983
- Peak year (1998)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
471 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 23 births in a single year.
Emilea by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 173 births that decade — 37% of Emilea's all-time total
Emilea decade highlights
- Peak decade 173 births
- Runner-up 140 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Emilea's strongest decade
173 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Emilea by state
Where Emilea concentrates geographically — total births since 1983
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 1.3% |
6 of 471 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1983–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.