Emilia
Emilia was given to 4,677 girls in 2025, #45 among girls’ names; 69,121 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 64,600 Americans named Emilia and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (94% of everyone recorded); the median is 7 years old and half are between 4 and 13.
Emilia came back: it left the girls’ top 1,000 after 1948 and returned in 1982.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Emilia by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Emilia mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Emilia is “a female given name from Latin, a rare Latinized variant of Emily.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Emilia?
#45 among girls’ names, 2025
Emilia rose from #145 in 2015 to #45 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 1.2 to 2.9 per 1,000.
4,854 babies in 2021, the peak
Emilia peaked in 2021, when 4,854 girls were given it, #40 among girls’ names. The 4,682 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 96% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,677 | #45 | 2.9 |
| 2024 | 4,649 | #43 | 2.9 |
| 2023 | 4,687 | #42 | 2.9 |
| 2022 | 4,685 | #44 | 2.9 |
| 2021 | 4,854 | #40 | 3.0 |
| 2020 | 4,786 | #41 | 3.0 |
| 2019 | 4,774 | #44 | 2.8 |
| 2018 | 4,040 | #58 | 2.4 |
| 2017 | 3,596 | #77 | 2.1 |
| 2016 | 3,033 | #103 | 1.7 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2,225 | #145 | 1.2 |
| 2014 | 2,004 | #164 | 1.1 |
| 2013 | 1,564 | #205 | 0.89 |
| 2012 | 1,213 | #268 | 0.69 |
| 2011 | 972 | #325 | 0.55 |
| 2010 | 927 | #348 | 0.52 |
| 2009 | 789 | #399 | 0.43 |
| 2008 | 804 | #401 | 0.43 |
| 2007 | 781 | #420 | 0.41 |
| 2006 | 759 | #420 | 0.40 |
| 2005 | 711 | #434 | 0.38 |
| 2004 | 631 | #469 | 0.34 |
| 2003 | 557 | #514 | 0.30 |
| 2002 | 506 | #544 | 0.28 |
| 2001 | 408 | #616 | 0.23 |
| 2000 | 402 | #626 | 0.22 |
| 1999 | 292 | #758 | 0.16 |
| 1998 | 249 | #856 | 0.14 |
| 1997 | 237 | #861 | 0.14 |
| 1996 | 224 | #881 | 0.13 |
| 1995 | 213 | #886 | 0.12 |
| 1994 | 211 | #904 | 0.12 |
| 1993 | 190 | #978 | 0.11 |
| 1992 | 208 | #932 | 0.11 |
| 1991 | 197 | #959 | 0.11 |
| 1990 | 188 | #981 | 0.10 |
| 1989 | 158 | #1,066 | 0.09 |
| 1988 | 167 | #987 | 0.09 |
| 1987 | 127 | #1,157 | 0.07 |
| 1986 | 118 | #1,194 | 0.07 |
| 1985 | 113 | #1,219 | 0.07 |
| 1984 | 137 | #1,036 | 0.08 |
| 1983 | 127 | #1,084 | 0.08 |
| 1982 | 155 | #959 | 0.09 |
| 1981 | 142 | #1,018 | 0.09 |
| 1980 | 116 | #1,163 | 0.07 |
| 1979 | 78 | #1,506 | 0.05 |
| 1978 | 83 | #1,400 | 0.05 |
| 1977 | 77 | #1,443 | 0.05 |
| 1976 | 89 | #1,256 | 0.06 |
| 1975 | 72 | #1,440 | 0.05 |
| 1974 | 63 | #1,533 | 0.04 |
| 1973 | 61 | #1,530 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 55 | #1,635 | 0.04 |
| 1971 | 69 | #1,477 | 0.04 |
| 1970 | 79 | #1,336 | 0.05 |
| 1969 | 68 | #1,404 | 0.04 |
| 1968 | 73 | #1,294 | 0.04 |
| 1967 | 71 | #1,286 | 0.04 |
| 1966 | 81 | #1,192 | 0.05 |
| 1965 | 65 | #1,371 | 0.04 |
| 1964 | 80 | #1,232 | 0.04 |
| 1963 | 66 | #1,363 | 0.03 |
| 1962 | 76 | #1,268 | 0.04 |
| 1961 | 72 | #1,306 | 0.04 |
| 1960 | 66 | #1,355 | 0.03 |
| 1959 | 62 | #1,361 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 54 | #1,452 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 62 | #1,344 | 0.03 |
| 1956 | 82 | #1,144 | 0.04 |
| 1955 | 70 | #1,197 | 0.04 |
| 1954 | 69 | #1,207 | 0.04 |
| 1953 | 74 | #1,130 | 0.04 |
| 1952 | 67 | #1,161 | 0.04 |
| 1951 | 81 | #1,030 | 0.04 |
| 1950 | 65 | #1,148 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 69 | #1,077 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 77 | #993 | 0.05 |
| 1947 | 92 | #925 | 0.05 |
| 1946 | 66 | #1,043 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 54 | #1,068 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 60 | #1,008 | 0.05 |
| 1943 | 62 | #1,008 | 0.04 |
| 1942 | 71 | #930 | 0.05 |
| 1941 | 74 | #847 | 0.06 |
| 1940 | 66 | #881 | 0.06 |
| 1939 | 68 | #850 | 0.06 |
| 1938 | 71 | #842 | 0.06 |
| 1937 | 73 | #804 | 0.07 |
| 1936 | 56 | #914 | 0.05 |
| 1935 | 64 | #861 | 0.06 |
| 1934 | 96 | #682 | 0.09 |
| 1933 | 80 | #738 | 0.08 |
| 1932 | 86 | #725 | 0.08 |
| 1931 | 85 | #728 | 0.08 |
| 1930 | 119 | #636 | 0.11 |
| 1929 | 107 | #680 | 0.10 |
| 1928 | 111 | #664 | 0.10 |
| 1927 | 123 | #652 | 0.10 |
| 1926 | 119 | #662 | 0.10 |
| 1925 | 130 | #641 | 0.11 |
| 1924 | 143 | #628 | 0.11 |
| 1923 | 129 | #651 | 0.11 |
| 1922 | 119 | #667 | 0.10 |
| 1921 | 122 | #669 | 0.10 |
| 1920 | 109 | #699 | 0.09 |
| 1919 | 112 | #660 | 0.10 |
| 1918 | 117 | #653 | 0.10 |
| 1917 | 120 | #625 | 0.11 |
| 1916 | 112 | #638 | 0.11 |
| 1915 | 119 | #601 | 0.12 |
| 1914 | 88 | #609 | 0.12 |
| 1913 | 96 | #519 | 0.15 |
| 1912 | 48 | #722 | 0.09 |
| 1911 | 42 | #667 | 0.10 |
| 1910 | 41 | #666 | 0.10 |
| 1909 | 49 | #548 | 0.14 |
| 1908 | 43 | #569 | 0.13 |
| 1907 | 50 | #509 | 0.16 |
| 1906 | 38 | #572 | 0.13 |
| 1905 | 33 | #610 | 0.11 |
| 1904 | 32 | #604 | 0.12 |
| 1903 | 41 | #496 | 0.16 |
| 1902 | 28 | #627 | 0.11 |
| 1901 | 24 | #649 | 0.10 |
| 1900 | 38 | #559 | 0.13 |
| 1899 | 30 | #554 | 0.13 |
| 1898 | 24 | #669 | 0.09 |
| 1897 | 28 | #572 | 0.12 |
| 1896 | 24 | #643 | 0.10 |
| 1895 | 24 | #629 | 0.10 |
| 1894 | 29 | #536 | 0.13 |
| 1893 | 21 | #633 | 0.10 |
| 1892 | 20 | #648 | 0.09 |
| 1891 | 19 | #615 | 0.10 |
| 1890 | 19 | #606 | 0.10 |
| 1889 | 18 | #606 | 0.10 |
| 1888 | 23 | #527 | 0.13 |
| 1887 | 10 | #748 | 0.07 |
| 1886 | 15 | #581 | 0.10 |
| 1885 | 14 | #584 | 0.11 |
| 1884 | 13 | #594 | 0.10 |
| 1883 | 16 | #487 | 0.14 |
| 1882 | 8 | #701 | 0.07 |
| 1881 | 7 | #703 | 0.08 |
| 1880 | 9 | #598 | 0.10 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Emilia a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Emilia has been given almost only to girls: 45 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Emilia: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Emilia, and how old are they?
64,600 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 94% of the 69,121 Americans ever recorded as Emilia. The median Emilia alive today is 7 years old; half are between 4 and 13.
The 2020 Census counted 47,586 people named Emilia (47,466 women and girls, 120 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 38,086 born in the U.S. The Census count is 25% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 368 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,040 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,120 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 2,600 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 10,100 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 49,300 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Emilia born?
The states with the most babies named Emilia are California, Texas and Florida, with 35% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 704 | #27 | 1.3× |
| Texas | 623 | #28 | 1.2× |
| Florida | 322 | #37 | 1.0× |
| New York | 296 | #36 | 1.3× |
| Illinois | 214 | #21 | 1.3× |
| New Jersey | 166 | #35 | 1.3× |
| North Carolina | 155 | #50 | 0.6× |
| Pennsylvania | 151 | #56 | 0.8× |
| Arizona | 150 | #22 | 1.1× |
| Washington | 132 | #30 | 1.1× |
Where Emilia is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Emilia is most over-represented in New Mexico: since 1910 it was given 1.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Emilia with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 1,038,452 babies since 1880, Emilia is the second most given (6.7% of them). In 2025 it was given to 4,682 of their 10,971 babies (43%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Emilia
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Emilia and names like it
- Compare Emilia and EmilyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sEmilia peaked in 2021.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Emilia since 1910.
- The top names of 2021The year the most babies were named Emilia.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Emilia alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with EMost given first.