Girls' name · since 2009

Emiliah

Since 2009, U.S. Social Security records show 103 babies named Emiliah, peaking in 2019. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#26,772 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#12,773 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
103
born since 2009
2010s
peak decade

Yes -- Emiliah is the #12773 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 103 recorded since 2009.

Social Security Administration records show Emiliah recorded 103 times among girls since 2009, holding rank #12773 nationally today, ahead of 26% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2025.

  • #26,772 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #12,773 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 103 born since 2009
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emiliah ranks #26,772 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,773 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 103 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.

#26,772 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#12,773 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
103
born since 2009
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%26.1%
Emiliah vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Emiliah's 103 recorded births place it above 62.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Emiliah compares

103 25th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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

Emiliah's all-time total is 73% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Emiliah Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 103 376 567,345
Peak-year births 13 21 19,840

Emiliah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Emiliah splits its recorded history at 2018: 64% of all births land in the more recent half, 36% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2010 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2019 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Emiliah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2019)
13
Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
468101214 2009201120152018202120232025 7

Emiliah by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (56 births, 54% of the file).

2010s was Emiliah's strongest decade.

56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.

Emiliah births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 56 births (54% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Emiliah?
Emiliah has been given to 103 babies in the U.S. since 2009, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #26,772 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #12,773 of 17,297. 13 babies were born in 2019, its single highest year.
Where does Emiliah sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emiliah ranks #26,772 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,773 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Emiliah most popular?
Emiliah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 56 total births. The single peak year was 2019.
How long has the name Emiliah been used?
Emiliah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2009, spanning 17 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Emiliah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Emily, Emilia, Emilie, Emilee, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Emiliah's data

  • Emiliah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (56 total births) through the 2020s (41) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Emiliah

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Emiliah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2009–2025 (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 Emiliah 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.