Meaning not yet researched.
Emile: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 70 in 2025. Its best rank was #283 in 1882.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #283 in 1882; #2,098 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Emile in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,098 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1882, at #283.
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Emile: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 70 boys in 2025. Peak: #283 in 1882 · most boys in one year: 167 (1922).
In 2025, 70 US boys were named Emile, making it the 2,098th most common boys’ name of the year, down 191 places from #1,907 in 2024. That is 13 fewer than the 83 boys named Emile in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #283, reached in 1882. The most boys given the name in a single year was 167, in 1922. For comparison, it was #2,368 in 2015 and #820 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Emile in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 12 babies with the name. In all, 9,289 US babies have been given the name, 7.0% of them girls and 93% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 1,482 babies named Emile.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 696 US boys were named Emile; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 83. In 2025 that was about 1 in 24,401 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Emile ranked highest in Louisiana in 2025, at #815 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Emilio (54,013 babies since 1880) and Emil (33,230 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Amile 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: Amile (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 Emile in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 47 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 5 | #815 | #853 |
| California | 14 | #1,319 | #1,929 |
| New York | 8 | #1,333 | — |
| Texas | 9 | #1,792 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 70 | #2,098 |
| 2024 | — | — | 83 | #1,907 |
| 2023 | — | — | 66 | #2,178 |
| 2022 | — | — | 72 | #2,086 |
| 2021 | — | — | 83 | #1,857 |
| 2020 | — | — | 71 | #2,008 |
| 2019 | — | — | 65 | #2,175 |
| 2018 | 6 | #14,338 | 60 | #2,273 |
| 2017 | — | — | 66 | #2,098 |
| 2016 | — | — | 60 | #2,241 |
| 2015 | 9 | #11,185 | 55 | #2,368 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,383 | 52 | #2,438 |
| 2013 | — | — | 46 | #2,601 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,932 | 40 | #2,918 |
| 2011 | — | — | 35 | #3,190 |
| 2010 | — | — | 32 | #3,394 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,844 | 49 | #2,571 |
| 2008 | 10 | #11,048 | 49 | #2,555 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,217 | 41 | #2,880 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,479 | 34 | #3,177 |
| 2005 | 9 | #11,177 | 44 | #2,539 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,959 | 39 | #2,713 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,639 | 34 | #2,870 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,169 | 42 | #2,409 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,354 | 33 | #2,826 |
| 2000 | 9 | #10,148 | 31 | #2,879 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,368 | 25 | #3,207 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,172 | 36 | #2,411 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,590 | 26 | #2,923 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,845 | 27 | #2,775 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,766 | 43 | #1,962 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,524 | 38 | #2,137 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,495 | 29 | #2,530 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,410 | 32 | #2,323 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,747 | 39 | #1,960 |
| 1990 | 10 | #8,060 | 25 | #2,645 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,273 | 23 | #2,719 |
| 1988 | 17 | #4,902 | 40 | #1,742 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,379 | 33 | #1,907 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,747 | 23 | #2,377 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,595 | 33 | #1,809 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,544 | 28 | #1,947 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,371 | 31 | #1,793 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,496 | 38 | #1,604 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,956 | 44 | #1,438 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,578 | 35 | #1,665 |
| 1979 | — | — | 36 | #1,604 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,665 | 38 | #1,513 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,761 | 30 | #1,755 |
| 1976 | — | — | 39 | #1,435 |
| 1975 | 6 | #8,293 | 36 | #1,483 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,986 | 39 | #1,376 |
| 1973 | — | — | 36 | #1,410 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,648 | 37 | #1,395 |
| 1971 | — | — | 44 | #1,259 |
| 1970 | — | — | 57 | #1,084 |
| 1969 | — | — | 40 | #1,256 |
| 1968 | — | — | 47 | #1,088 |
| 1967 | — | — | 42 | #1,153 |
| 1966 | — | — | 43 | #1,138 |
| 1965 | — | — | 48 | #1,072 |
| 1964 | — | — | 55 | #1,019 |
| 1963 | 6 | #6,072 | 57 | #1,006 |
| 1962 | — | — | 63 | #961 |
| 1961 | 6 | #6,040 | 69 | #919 |
| 1960 | — | — | 56 | #1,024 |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,533 | 70 | #915 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,614 | 74 | #879 |
| 1957 | — | — | 51 | #1,068 |
| 1956 | — | — | 78 | #849 |
| 1955 | 5 | #6,114 | 57 | #995 |
| 1954 | 9 | #4,061 | 63 | #935 |
| 1953 | — | — | 69 | #864 |
| 1952 | — | — | 74 | #816 |
| 1951 | — | — | 66 | #859 |
| 1950 | — | — | 69 | #820 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,478 | 80 | #771 |
| 1948 | — | — | 82 | #747 |
| 1947 | — | — | 108 | #664 |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,762 | 73 | #779 |
| 1945 | — | — | 76 | #701 |
| 1944 | — | — | 82 | #687 |
| 1943 | — | — | 86 | #693 |
| 1942 | — | — | 87 | #689 |
| 1941 | — | — | 84 | #665 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,299 | 72 | #720 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,904 | 92 | #608 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,992 | 93 | #616 |
| 1937 | 9 | #3,005 | 85 | #641 |
| 1936 | — | — | 91 | #612 |
| 1935 | — | — | 85 | #642 |
| 1934 | — | — | 76 | #699 |
| 1933 | — | — | 97 | #589 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,611 | 112 | #559 |
| 1931 | — | — | 119 | #533 |
| 1930 | — | — | 121 | #547 |
| 1929 | — | — | 112 | #559 |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,344 | 121 | #555 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,649 | 137 | #522 |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,338 | 131 | #529 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,785 | 140 | #517 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,318 | 147 | #520 |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,457 | 158 | #486 |
| 1922 | — | — | 167 | #478 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,648 | 165 | #476 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,971 | 142 | #511 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,431 | 150 | #488 |
| 1918 | 7 | #4,001 | 153 | #480 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,952 | 138 | #491 |
| 1916 | 9 | #3,102 | 136 | #485 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,923 | 127 | #492 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,795 | 121 | #438 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,939 | 95 | #439 |
| 1912 | — | — | 76 | #452 |
| 1911 | — | — | 54 | #386 |
| 1910 | — | — | 43 | #408 |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,313 | 36 | #409 |
| 1908 | — | — | 33 | #415 |
| 1907 | — | — | 23 | #489 |
| 1906 | — | — | 21 | #493 |
| 1905 | 5 | #2,029 | 31 | #373 |
| 1904 | — | — | 28 | #394 |
| 1903 | — | — | 23 | #418 |
| 1902 | — | — | 18 | #512 |
| 1901 | — | — | 20 | #425 |
| 1900 | — | — | 31 | #406 |
| 1899 | — | — | 23 | #387 |
| 1898 | — | — | 31 | #349 |
| 1897 | — | — | 24 | #387 |
| 1896 | — | — | 34 | #326 |
| 1895 | — | — | 21 | #431 |
| 1894 | — | — | 26 | #360 |
| 1893 | — | — | 25 | #362 |
| 1892 | — | — | 28 | #362 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,383 | 14 | #483 |
| 1890 | — | — | 21 | #394 |
| 1889 | — | — | 27 | #340 |
| 1888 | — | — | 21 | #406 |
| 1887 | — | — | 21 | #357 |
| 1886 | — | — | 25 | #341 |
| 1885 | — | — | 19 | #416 |
| 1884 | — | — | 28 | #331 |
| 1883 | — | — | 23 | #346 |
| 1882 | — | — | 37 | #283 |
| 1881 | — | — | 20 | #378 |
| 1880 | — | — | 12 | #542 |
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).