Meaning not yet researched.
Emelia: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 488 in 2025. Its best rank was #333 in 1883.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #333 in 1883; #601 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Emelia in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#601 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1883, at #333.
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Emelia: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 488 girls in 2025. Peak: #333 in 1883 · most girls in one year: 701 (2019).
In 2025, 488 US girls were named Emelia, making it the 601st most common girls’ name of the year, down 27 places from #574 in 2024. That is 40 fewer than the 528 girls named Emelia in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #333, reached in 1883. The most girls given the name in a single year was 701, in 2019. For comparison, it was #591 in 2015 and #2,017 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Emelia in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 12 babies with the name. In all, 14,028 US babies have been given the name, all of them girls. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 4,988 babies named Emelia.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 5,992 US girls were named Emelia; the busiest of those years was 2019, with 701. In 2025 that was about 1 in 3,294 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Emelia ranked highest in Rhode Island in 2025, at #196 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Amelia (281,414 babies since 1880), Emilia (69,121 babies since 1880), Melia (5,321 babies since 1880) and Emilio (54,013 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Emela are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Emela (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Emelia in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 17 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | 5 | #196 | — |
| New Hampshire | 5 | #246 | — |
| Arkansas | 11 | #278 | — |
| Kentucky | 13 | #344 | #579 |
| Minnesota | 16 | #349 | #369 |
| Kansas | 9 | #369 | #657 |
| Colorado | 14 | #410 | #491 |
| Arizona | 16 | #424 | #587 |
| Massachusetts | 12 | #449 | #379 |
| Wisconsin | 11 | #458 | #310 |
| Connecticut | 6 | #489 | #411 |
| Florida | 35 | #522 | #673 |
| Nevada | 5 | #548 | — |
| Mississippi | 5 | #551 | — |
| Indiana | 12 | #556 | #593 |
| Illinois | 17 | #580 | #513 |
| North Carolina | 17 | #615 | #784 |
| New York | 27 | #616 | #579 |
| Tennessee | 12 | #617 | #1,115 |
| New Jersey | 12 | #633 | #630 |
| Utah | 6 | #636 | — |
| Oklahoma | 6 | #641 | #600 |
| California | 48 | #648 | #844 |
| Michigan | 12 | #651 | #312 |
| Missouri | 8 | #667 | #362 |
| Louisiana | 6 | #700 | #604 |
| Ohio | 13 | #721 | #392 |
| Texas | 41 | #730 | #881 |
| Washington | 8 | #757 | #500 |
| Maryland | 6 | #759 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 12 | #777 | #643 |
| Virginia | 9 | #790 | #636 |
| Alabama | 5 | #859 | — |
| Georgia | 10 | #931 | #787 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 488 | #601 | — | — |
| 2024 | 528 | #574 | — | — |
| 2023 | 570 | #533 | — | — |
| 2022 | 598 | #521 | — | — |
| 2021 | 663 | #471 | — | — |
| 2020 | 683 | #452 | — | — |
| 2019 | 701 | #443 | — | — |
| 2018 | 654 | #481 | — | — |
| 2017 | 575 | #540 | — | — |
| 2016 | 532 | #583 | — | — |
| 2015 | 509 | #591 | — | — |
| 2014 | 463 | #619 | — | — |
| 2013 | 438 | #645 | — | — |
| 2012 | 411 | #686 | — | — |
| 2011 | 366 | #752 | — | — |
| 2010 | 339 | #805 | — | — |
| 2009 | 316 | #873 | — | — |
| 2008 | 282 | #956 | — | — |
| 2007 | 222 | #1,155 | — | — |
| 2006 | 247 | #1,038 | — | — |
| 2005 | 210 | #1,123 | — | — |
| 2004 | 220 | #1,051 | — | — |
| 2003 | 189 | #1,147 | — | — |
| 2002 | 162 | #1,238 | — | — |
| 2001 | 115 | #1,602 | — | — |
| 2000 | 114 | #1,560 | — | — |
| 1999 | 88 | #1,814 | — | — |
| 1998 | 90 | #1,753 | — | — |
| 1997 | 79 | #1,870 | — | — |
| 1996 | 78 | #1,868 | — | — |
| 1995 | 69 | #1,990 | — | — |
| 1994 | 61 | #2,195 | — | — |
| 1993 | 62 | #2,158 | — | — |
| 1992 | 57 | #2,301 | — | — |
| 1991 | 62 | #2,142 | — | — |
| 1990 | 53 | #2,353 | — | — |
| 1989 | 42 | #2,678 | — | — |
| 1988 | 39 | #2,712 | — | — |
| 1987 | 37 | #2,677 | — | — |
| 1986 | 40 | #2,480 | — | — |
| 1985 | 26 | #3,347 | — | — |
| 1984 | 29 | #3,006 | — | — |
| 1983 | 27 | #3,084 | — | — |
| 1982 | 21 | #3,811 | — | — |
| 1981 | 25 | #3,367 | — | — |
| 1980 | 24 | #3,434 | — | — |
| 1979 | 16 | #4,475 | — | — |
| 1978 | 13 | #5,005 | — | — |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,482 | — | — |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,968 | — | — |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,942 | — | — |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,807 | — | — |
| 1973 | 13 | #4,429 | — | — |
| 1972 | 15 | #3,943 | — | — |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,898 | — | — |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,541 | — | — |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,162 | — | — |
| 1968 | 13 | #3,849 | — | — |
| 1967 | 13 | #3,721 | — | — |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,993 | — | — |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,603 | — | — |
| 1964 | 18 | #3,031 | — | — |
| 1963 | 16 | #3,223 | — | — |
| 1962 | 17 | #3,077 | — | — |
| 1961 | 14 | #3,502 | — | — |
| 1960 | 13 | #3,556 | — | — |
| 1959 | 13 | #3,489 | — | — |
| 1958 | 18 | #2,787 | — | — |
| 1957 | 25 | #2,236 | — | — |
| 1956 | 15 | #3,092 | — | — |
| 1955 | 19 | #2,572 | — | — |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,927 | — | — |
| 1953 | 19 | #2,453 | — | — |
| 1952 | 25 | #2,038 | — | — |
| 1951 | 17 | #2,511 | — | — |
| 1950 | 23 | #2,017 | — | — |
| 1949 | 19 | #2,293 | — | — |
| 1948 | 25 | #1,907 | — | — |
| 1947 | 15 | #2,671 | — | — |
| 1946 | 20 | #2,111 | — | — |
| 1945 | 19 | #1,950 | — | — |
| 1944 | 20 | #1,930 | — | — |
| 1943 | 19 | #2,016 | — | — |
| 1942 | 20 | #1,925 | — | — |
| 1941 | 19 | #1,902 | — | — |
| 1940 | 18 | #1,911 | — | — |
| 1939 | 14 | #2,232 | — | — |
| 1938 | 27 | #1,453 | — | — |
| 1937 | 19 | #1,805 | — | — |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,818 | — | — |
| 1935 | 23 | #1,565 | — | — |
| 1934 | 18 | #1,855 | — | — |
| 1933 | 28 | #1,376 | — | — |
| 1932 | 20 | #1,775 | — | — |
| 1931 | 16 | #2,043 | — | — |
| 1930 | 41 | #1,166 | — | — |
| 1929 | 39 | #1,199 | — | — |
| 1928 | 27 | #1,558 | — | — |
| 1927 | 40 | #1,243 | — | — |
| 1926 | 34 | #1,366 | — | — |
| 1925 | 48 | #1,106 | — | — |
| 1924 | 54 | #1,064 | — | — |
| 1923 | 44 | #1,162 | — | — |
| 1922 | 54 | #1,025 | — | — |
| 1921 | 58 | #973 | — | — |
| 1920 | 47 | #1,091 | — | — |
| 1919 | 44 | #1,110 | — | — |
| 1918 | 57 | #950 | — | — |
| 1917 | 54 | #948 | — | — |
| 1916 | 48 | #999 | — | — |
| 1915 | 52 | #920 | — | — |
| 1914 | 41 | #924 | — | — |
| 1913 | 36 | #885 | — | — |
| 1912 | 26 | #1,011 | — | — |
| 1911 | 21 | #963 | — | — |
| 1910 | 30 | #784 | — | — |
| 1909 | 22 | #875 | — | — |
| 1908 | 28 | #731 | — | — |
| 1907 | 16 | #958 | — | — |
| 1906 | 31 | #653 | — | — |
| 1905 | 17 | #906 | — | — |
| 1904 | 16 | #916 | — | — |
| 1903 | 22 | #717 | — | — |
| 1902 | 25 | #675 | — | — |
| 1901 | 27 | #604 | — | — |
| 1900 | 25 | #731 | — | — |
| 1899 | 28 | #581 | — | — |
| 1898 | 26 | #638 | — | — |
| 1897 | 22 | #665 | — | — |
| 1896 | 24 | #642 | — | — |
| 1895 | 27 | #579 | — | — |
| 1894 | 26 | #577 | — | — |
| 1893 | 33 | #468 | — | — |
| 1892 | 22 | #599 | — | — |
| 1891 | 31 | #462 | — | — |
| 1890 | 34 | #435 | — | — |
| 1889 | 13 | #732 | — | — |
| 1888 | 33 | #435 | — | — |
| 1887 | 27 | #426 | — | — |
| 1886 | 19 | #512 | — | — |
| 1885 | 29 | #383 | — | — |
| 1884 | 12 | #619 | — | — |
| 1883 | 29 | #333 | — | — |
| 1882 | 17 | #450 | — | — |
| 1881 | 10 | #551 | — | — |
| 1880 | 12 | #503 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).