Emilia — #43 US girls' name
64,367 babies named Emilia in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99.8% of names given to girls today.
38% of everyone ever named Emilia was born in this single decade.
4,851 babies were named Emilia in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Emilia
The Social Security Administration has registered 64,367 babies named Emilia between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Emilia currently holds the #43 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 4,851 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Emilia performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 24,344 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Emilia shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 9,621 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Emilia in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Emilia 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 64,367 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.
Emilia at a glance
Top 100 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Emilia popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (2021)
- 4,851
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently a top-50 pick among girls.
64,367 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 4,851 births in a single year.
Emilia popularity over time — boys
40 total births recorded since 2018 (Emilia as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Emilia accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Emilia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 24,344 births that decade — 38% of Emilia's all-time total
Emilia decade highlights
- Peak decade 24,344 births
- Runner-up 23,635 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Emilia's strongest decade
24,344 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Emilia by state
Where Emilia concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 9,621 | 14.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 7,581 | 11.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 5,224 | 8.1% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 3,463 | 5.4% |
| #5 | Florida | | 3,356 | 5.2% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 2,335 | 3.6% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 2,145 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Massachusetts | | 1,878 | 2.9% |
9,621 of 64,367 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 14.9% of nationwide
- Texas 11.8% of nationwide
- New York 8.1% of nationwide
- Illinois 5.4% of nationwide
- Florida 5.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 14.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Emilia appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1880–2024 (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.