Emilio
Emilio was given to 2,397 boys in 2025, #154 among boys’ names; 54,013 Americans have been recorded with it since 1882 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 48,400 Americans named Emilio and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (90% of everyone recorded); the median is 16 years old and half are between 7 and 29.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Emilio by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Emilio mean?
Wiktionary, Spanish section
Emilio is “a male given name, equivalent to English Emil” Its etymology gives the sense “rival” (aemulus).
From the name of a Roman gens, Latin Aemilius, from aemulus (“rival”), or possibly of Etruscan origin. Cognate with German Emil, English Emil and French Émile.
/eˈmiljo/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Spanish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Emilio?
#154 among boys’ names, 2025
Emilio rose from #304 in 2015 to #154 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.62 to 1.4 per 1,000.
2,397 babies in 2025, the peak
Emilio peaked in 2025, when 2,397 boys were given it, #154 among boys’ names. In 2024 it went to 2,369 boys.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,397 | #154 | 1.4 |
| 2024 | 2,369 | #151 | 1.4 |
| 2023 | 2,015 | #181 | 1.2 |
| 2022 | 1,909 | #198 | 1.1 |
| 2021 | 1,744 | #219 | 1.0 |
| 2020 | 1,629 | #229 | 0.94 |
| 2019 | 1,579 | #240 | 0.88 |
| 2018 | 1,494 | #248 | 0.82 |
| 2017 | 1,398 | #261 | 0.76 |
| 2016 | 1,345 | #274 | 0.71 |
Every recorded year (134)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,191 | #304 | 0.62 |
| 2014 | 1,281 | #281 | 0.67 |
| 2013 | 1,180 | #297 | 0.62 |
| 2012 | 1,171 | #297 | 0.62 |
| 2011 | 1,090 | #302 | 0.57 |
| 2010 | 1,035 | #308 | 0.54 |
| 2009 | 1,027 | #312 | 0.52 |
| 2008 | 1,209 | #282 | 0.59 |
| 2007 | 1,248 | #275 | 0.60 |
| 2006 | 1,123 | #297 | 0.55 |
| 2005 | 1,217 | #274 | 0.61 |
| 2004 | 1,070 | #297 | 0.54 |
| 2003 | 957 | #312 | 0.48 |
| 2002 | 815 | #337 | 0.42 |
| 2001 | 756 | #353 | 0.39 |
| 2000 | 790 | #347 | 0.40 |
| 1999 | 770 | #345 | 0.40 |
| 1998 | 789 | #340 | 0.41 |
| 1997 | 815 | #322 | 0.43 |
| 1996 | 767 | #337 | 0.40 |
| 1995 | 644 | #370 | 0.34 |
| 1994 | 618 | #380 | 0.32 |
| 1993 | 667 | #354 | 0.34 |
| 1992 | 595 | #385 | 0.30 |
| 1991 | 557 | #409 | 0.28 |
| 1990 | 509 | #435 | 0.25 |
| 1989 | 456 | #442 | 0.23 |
| 1988 | 347 | #492 | 0.18 |
| 1987 | 288 | #532 | 0.15 |
| 1986 | 242 | #570 | 0.13 |
| 1985 | 223 | #588 | 0.12 |
| 1984 | 216 | #578 | 0.12 |
| 1983 | 220 | #570 | 0.12 |
| 1982 | 254 | #537 | 0.14 |
| 1981 | 235 | #557 | 0.13 |
| 1980 | 204 | #613 | 0.11 |
| 1979 | 203 | #602 | 0.12 |
| 1978 | 206 | #586 | 0.13 |
| 1977 | 219 | #564 | 0.13 |
| 1976 | 182 | #604 | 0.12 |
| 1975 | 194 | #579 | 0.12 |
| 1974 | 199 | #568 | 0.13 |
| 1973 | 199 | #564 | 0.13 |
| 1972 | 193 | #573 | 0.12 |
| 1971 | 186 | #614 | 0.11 |
| 1970 | 176 | #612 | 0.09 |
| 1969 | 185 | #577 | 0.10 |
| 1968 | 160 | #600 | 0.09 |
| 1967 | 173 | #573 | 0.10 |
| 1966 | 133 | #642 | 0.07 |
| 1965 | 157 | #611 | 0.08 |
| 1964 | 153 | #627 | 0.08 |
| 1963 | 159 | #616 | 0.08 |
| 1962 | 148 | #633 | 0.07 |
| 1961 | 148 | #645 | 0.07 |
| 1960 | 147 | #643 | 0.07 |
| 1959 | 142 | #646 | 0.07 |
| 1958 | 149 | #628 | 0.07 |
| 1957 | 149 | #627 | 0.07 |
| 1956 | 132 | #659 | 0.06 |
| 1955 | 153 | #594 | 0.07 |
| 1954 | 130 | #643 | 0.06 |
| 1953 | 143 | #606 | 0.07 |
| 1952 | 134 | #608 | 0.07 |
| 1951 | 130 | #618 | 0.07 |
| 1950 | 125 | #612 | 0.07 |
| 1949 | 134 | #580 | 0.08 |
| 1948 | 127 | #597 | 0.07 |
| 1947 | 141 | #569 | 0.08 |
| 1946 | 99 | #650 | 0.06 |
| 1945 | 102 | #600 | 0.08 |
| 1944 | 119 | #555 | 0.09 |
| 1943 | 101 | #636 | 0.07 |
| 1942 | 90 | #680 | 0.07 |
| 1941 | 91 | #640 | 0.07 |
| 1940 | 91 | #623 | 0.08 |
| 1939 | 88 | #621 | 0.08 |
| 1938 | 102 | #581 | 0.09 |
| 1937 | 91 | #612 | 0.09 |
| 1936 | 98 | #583 | 0.09 |
| 1935 | 113 | #544 | 0.11 |
| 1934 | 126 | #522 | 0.12 |
| 1933 | 120 | #515 | 0.12 |
| 1932 | 135 | #494 | 0.13 |
| 1931 | 139 | #484 | 0.13 |
| 1930 | 175 | #446 | 0.16 |
| 1929 | 146 | #486 | 0.14 |
| 1928 | 178 | #451 | 0.16 |
| 1927 | 141 | #514 | 0.13 |
| 1926 | 130 | #535 | 0.12 |
| 1925 | 164 | #473 | 0.15 |
| 1924 | 166 | #480 | 0.15 |
| 1923 | 139 | #515 | 0.13 |
| 1922 | 117 | #597 | 0.11 |
| 1921 | 115 | #592 | 0.10 |
| 1920 | 123 | #553 | 0.12 |
| 1919 | 91 | #640 | 0.09 |
| 1918 | 109 | #582 | 0.11 |
| 1917 | 101 | #592 | 0.11 |
| 1916 | 99 | #582 | 0.11 |
| 1915 | 85 | #630 | 0.10 |
| 1914 | 82 | #543 | 0.13 |
| 1913 | 60 | #560 | 0.12 |
| 1912 | 50 | #569 | 0.12 |
| 1911 | 19 | #738 | 0.08 |
| 1910 | 21 | #641 | 0.11 |
| 1909 | 23 | #548 | 0.14 |
| 1908 | 16 | #664 | 0.10 |
| 1907 | 17 | #622 | 0.12 |
| 1906 | 9 | #872 | 0.07 |
| 1905 | 8 | #945 | 0.06 |
| 1904 | 14 | #622 | 0.11 |
| 1903 | 8 | #863 | 0.07 |
| 1902 | 7 | #958 | 0.06 |
| 1901 | 10 | #696 | 0.09 |
| 1900 | 15 | #654 | 0.10 |
| 1899 | 8 | #807 | 0.08 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,146 | 0.04 |
| 1895 | 7 | #913 | 0.06 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,089 | 0.04 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,013 | 0.05 |
| 1884 | 7 | #798 | 0.06 |
| 1883 | 5 | #940 | 0.05 |
| 1882 | 6 | #870 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Emilio a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Emilio has been given almost only to boys: 58 girls in 134 years of records.
Girls and boys named Emilio: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Emilio, and how old are they?
48,400 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 90% of the 54,013 Americans ever recorded as Emilio. The median Emilio alive today is 16 years old; half are between 7 and 29.
The 2020 Census counted 46,295 people named Emilio (128 women and girls, 46,167 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 37,619 born in the U.S. The Census count is 23% 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 | 359 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,770 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,640 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 6,570 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 15,600 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 21,400 |
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 Emilio born?
The states with the most babies named Emilio are California, Texas and Florida, with 48% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 540 | #66 | 2.1× |
| Texas | 480 | #81 | 2.3× |
| Florida | 128 | #172 | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 114 | #101 | 1.0× |
| Arizona | 104 | #71 | 2.1× |
| New York | 79 | #244 | 1.0× |
| Washington | 68 | #115 | 0.9× |
| North Carolina | 67 | #191 | 0.4× |
| Colorado | 63 | #110 | 1.4× |
| Georgia | 60 | #206 | 0.4× |
Where Emilio is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Emilio is most over-represented in New Mexico: since 1910 it was given 3.3 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 boys’ 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 Emilio 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 6 names spelled alike, given to 64,663 babies since 1880, Emilio is the most given (84% of them). In 2025 it was given to 2,397 of their 2,500 babies (96%), again the 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 Emilio
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 Emilio and names like it
- Compare Emilio and EmileBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sEmilio peaked in 2025.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Emilio since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Emilio: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Emilio.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Emilio alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with EMost given first.