Boys' name · since 1976
Emilo
Since 1976, U.S. Social Security records show 182 babies named Emilo, peaking in 1991. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #13,532 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,387 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 182
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Emilo is the #12387 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 182 recorded since 1976.
Emilo has 182 recorded births among boys since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12387 as of the latest data, more common than 11% of boys, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2025.
- #13,532 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,387 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 182 born since 1976
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emilo ranks #13,532 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,387 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 182 born since 1976, peaking in the 1990s.
- #13,532 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,387 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 182
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Emilo's 182 recorded births place it above 70.19% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Emilo compares
182 36th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Emilo's all-time total is 51% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Emilo | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 182 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 34 | 22,252 |
Emilo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Emilo's full recorded timeline at 2000, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1991 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Emilo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2025
- Peak year (1991)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Emilo by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (80 births, 44% of the file).
1990s was Emilo's strongest decade.
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Emilo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 8
1980s
8 births
- 1990s
1990s
80 births
- 2000s
2000s
57 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
- 2020s 20
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 80 births (44% of all-time use).
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What to do with Emilo's data
- Emilo's decade-level peak was the 1990s (80 total births); usage has since declined to 20 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Emilo: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~49 yrs)
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, 1976–2025 (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 Emilo 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.