Meaning not yet researched.
Emilia: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 4,677 in 2025. Its best rank was #40 in 2021.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #40 in 2021; #45 in 2025. About 99.8% of babies named Emilia in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#45 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2021, at #40.
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Emilia: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 4,677 girls in 2025. Peak: #40 in 2021 · most girls in one year: 4,854 (2021).
In 2025, 4,677 US girls were named Emilia, making it the 45th most common girls’ name of the year, down 2 places from #43 in 2024. That is 28 more than the 4,649 girls named Emilia in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #40, reached in 2021. That year also had the most girls given the name: 4,854. For comparison, it was #145 in 2015 and #1,149 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Emilia in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 9 babies with the name. In all, 69,121 US babies have been given the name, 99.9% of them girls and 0.1% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 28,371 babies named Emilia.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 43,781 US girls were named Emilia; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 4,854. In 2025 that was about 1 in 344 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Emilia ranked highest in Illinois in 2025, at #21 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 38 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Emily (898,296 babies since 1880), Emilie (26,661 babies since 1880), Emelia (14,028 babies since 1880) and Amilia (3,038 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Emmelia, Emillie and Emillio are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Em, Emmy and Millie.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch, Italian, Polish, Romanian, Spanish and Swedish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Emmelia (595), Emillie (555), Emillio (509), Emelio (482), Emillia (360), Emylia (330), Emmalia (304), Emylie (172), Emila (166), Emmilia (153), Emalea (118), Emiliah (103), and more.
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.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so every state is listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 214 | #21 | #70 |
| Arizona | 150 | #22 | #139 |
| Colorado | 112 | #26 | #117 |
| California | 704 | #27 | #130 |
| Texas | 623 | #28 | #160 |
| Delaware | 17 | #29 | — |
| Washington | 132 | #30 | #110 |
| Rhode Island | 18 | #31 | #53 |
| Wyoming | 8 | #33 | — |
| New Jersey | 166 | #35 | #95 |
| New Mexico | 25 | #35 | #83 |
| New York | 296 | #36 | #100 |
| Florida | 322 | #37 | #119 |
| District of Columbia | 15 | #37 | #77 |
| Oregon | 59 | #38 | #127 |
| Connecticut | 62 | #38 | #68 |
| Massachusetts | 112 | #38 | #71 |
| Nevada | 39 | #46 | #148 |
| Maine | 17 | #46 | #171 |
| New Hampshire | 21 | #47 | #171 |
| North Carolina | 155 | #50 | #245 |
| Montana | 15 | #52 | — |
| Alaska | 10 | #52 | #122 |
| Pennsylvania | 151 | #56 | #132 |
| Idaho | 28 | #59 | #134 |
| Georgia | 120 | #61 | #297 |
| Utah | 56 | #66 | #435 |
| Maryland | 55 | #67 | #228 |
| Michigan | 98 | #69 | #178 |
| South Carolina | 53 | #72 | #229 |
| Ohio | 122 | #73 | #148 |
| Virginia | 84 | #73 | #161 |
| Minnesota | 66 | #74 | #185 |
| Indiana | 75 | #75 | #215 |
| Wisconsin | 59 | #76 | #157 |
| Vermont | 5 | #78 | — |
| Nebraska | 23 | #87 | #79 |
| Tennessee | 79 | #91 | #239 |
| West Virginia | 15 | #101 | #273 |
| North Dakota | 9 | #106 | #231 |
| Missouri | 54 | #109 | #210 |
| Kansas | 29 | #110 | #260 |
| Alabama | 40 | #111 | #396 |
| Oklahoma | 32 | #111 | #393 |
| Iowa | 27 | #120 | #237 |
| Louisiana | 34 | #123 | #286 |
| Arkansas | 22 | #133 | #204 |
| South Dakota | 7 | #168 | — |
| Kentucky | 26 | #177 | #437 |
| Hawaii | 5 | #180 | #200 |
| Mississippi | 11 | #253 | #383 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,677 | #45 | 5 | #12,581 |
| 2024 | 4,649 | #43 | 7 | #10,199 |
| 2023 | 4,687 | #42 | 7 | #10,038 |
| 2022 | 4,685 | #44 | 9 | #8,504 |
| 2021 | 4,854 | #40 | — | — |
| 2020 | 4,786 | #41 | 5 | #12,606 |
| 2019 | 4,774 | #44 | 7 | #10,052 |
| 2018 | 4,040 | #58 | 5 | #12,723 |
| 2017 | 3,596 | #77 | — | — |
| 2016 | 3,033 | #103 | — | — |
| 2015 | 2,225 | #145 | — | — |
| 2014 | 2,004 | #164 | — | — |
| 2013 | 1,564 | #205 | — | — |
| 2012 | 1,213 | #268 | — | — |
| 2011 | 972 | #325 | — | — |
| 2010 | 927 | #348 | — | — |
| 2009 | 789 | #399 | — | — |
| 2008 | 804 | #401 | — | — |
| 2007 | 781 | #420 | — | — |
| 2006 | 759 | #420 | — | — |
| 2005 | 711 | #434 | — | — |
| 2004 | 631 | #469 | — | — |
| 2003 | 557 | #514 | — | — |
| 2002 | 506 | #544 | — | — |
| 2001 | 408 | #616 | — | — |
| 2000 | 402 | #626 | — | — |
| 1999 | 292 | #759 | — | — |
| 1998 | 249 | #856 | — | — |
| 1997 | 237 | #861 | — | — |
| 1996 | 224 | #881 | — | — |
| 1995 | 213 | #889 | — | — |
| 1994 | 211 | #905 | — | — |
| 1993 | 190 | #980 | — | — |
| 1992 | 208 | #934 | — | — |
| 1991 | 197 | #961 | — | — |
| 1990 | 188 | #983 | — | — |
| 1989 | 158 | #1,069 | — | — |
| 1988 | 167 | #987 | — | — |
| 1987 | 127 | #1,157 | — | — |
| 1986 | 118 | #1,194 | — | — |
| 1985 | 113 | #1,219 | — | — |
| 1984 | 137 | #1,036 | — | — |
| 1983 | 127 | #1,084 | — | — |
| 1982 | 155 | #959 | — | — |
| 1981 | 142 | #1,018 | — | — |
| 1980 | 116 | #1,163 | — | — |
| 1979 | 78 | #1,506 | — | — |
| 1978 | 83 | #1,400 | — | — |
| 1977 | 77 | #1,443 | — | — |
| 1976 | 89 | #1,256 | — | — |
| 1975 | 72 | #1,440 | — | — |
| 1974 | 63 | #1,533 | — | — |
| 1973 | 61 | #1,530 | — | — |
| 1972 | 55 | #1,635 | — | — |
| 1971 | 69 | #1,477 | — | — |
| 1970 | 79 | #1,336 | — | — |
| 1969 | 68 | #1,404 | — | — |
| 1968 | 73 | #1,294 | — | — |
| 1967 | 71 | #1,286 | — | — |
| 1966 | 81 | #1,192 | — | — |
| 1965 | 65 | #1,371 | — | — |
| 1964 | 80 | #1,232 | — | — |
| 1963 | 66 | #1,363 | — | — |
| 1962 | 76 | #1,268 | — | — |
| 1961 | 72 | #1,307 | — | — |
| 1960 | 66 | #1,356 | — | — |
| 1959 | 62 | #1,362 | — | — |
| 1958 | 54 | #1,453 | — | — |
| 1957 | 62 | #1,345 | — | — |
| 1956 | 82 | #1,145 | — | — |
| 1955 | 70 | #1,198 | — | — |
| 1954 | 69 | #1,208 | — | — |
| 1953 | 74 | #1,131 | — | — |
| 1952 | 67 | #1,162 | — | — |
| 1951 | 81 | #1,031 | — | — |
| 1950 | 65 | #1,149 | — | — |
| 1949 | 69 | #1,078 | — | — |
| 1948 | 77 | #994 | — | — |
| 1947 | 92 | #926 | — | — |
| 1946 | 66 | #1,044 | — | — |
| 1945 | 54 | #1,068 | — | — |
| 1944 | 60 | #1,008 | — | — |
| 1943 | 62 | #1,008 | — | — |
| 1942 | 71 | #930 | — | — |
| 1941 | 74 | #847 | — | — |
| 1940 | 66 | #881 | — | — |
| 1939 | 68 | #850 | — | — |
| 1938 | 71 | #842 | — | — |
| 1937 | 73 | #804 | — | — |
| 1936 | 56 | #914 | — | — |
| 1935 | 64 | #861 | — | — |
| 1934 | 96 | #682 | — | — |
| 1933 | 80 | #738 | — | — |
| 1932 | 86 | #725 | — | — |
| 1931 | 85 | #728 | — | — |
| 1930 | 119 | #636 | — | — |
| 1929 | 107 | #680 | — | — |
| 1928 | 111 | #664 | — | — |
| 1927 | 123 | #652 | — | — |
| 1926 | 119 | #662 | — | — |
| 1925 | 130 | #641 | — | — |
| 1924 | 143 | #628 | — | — |
| 1923 | 129 | #651 | — | — |
| 1922 | 119 | #667 | — | — |
| 1921 | 122 | #669 | — | — |
| 1920 | 109 | #699 | — | — |
| 1919 | 112 | #660 | — | — |
| 1918 | 117 | #653 | — | — |
| 1917 | 120 | #625 | — | — |
| 1916 | 112 | #638 | — | — |
| 1915 | 119 | #601 | — | — |
| 1914 | 88 | #609 | — | — |
| 1913 | 96 | #519 | — | — |
| 1912 | 48 | #722 | — | — |
| 1911 | 42 | #667 | — | — |
| 1910 | 41 | #666 | — | — |
| 1909 | 49 | #548 | — | — |
| 1908 | 43 | #569 | — | — |
| 1907 | 50 | #509 | — | — |
| 1906 | 38 | #572 | — | — |
| 1905 | 33 | #610 | — | — |
| 1904 | 32 | #604 | — | — |
| 1903 | 41 | #496 | — | — |
| 1902 | 28 | #627 | — | — |
| 1901 | 24 | #649 | — | — |
| 1900 | 38 | #559 | — | — |
| 1899 | 30 | #554 | — | — |
| 1898 | 24 | #669 | — | — |
| 1897 | 28 | #572 | — | — |
| 1896 | 24 | #643 | — | — |
| 1895 | 24 | #629 | — | — |
| 1894 | 29 | #536 | — | — |
| 1893 | 21 | #633 | — | — |
| 1892 | 20 | #648 | — | — |
| 1891 | 19 | #615 | — | — |
| 1890 | 19 | #606 | — | — |
| 1889 | 18 | #606 | — | — |
| 1888 | 23 | #527 | — | — |
| 1887 | 10 | #748 | — | — |
| 1886 | 15 | #581 | — | — |
| 1885 | 14 | #584 | — | — |
| 1884 | 13 | #594 | — | — |
| 1883 | 16 | #487 | — | — |
| 1882 | 8 | #701 | — | — |
| 1881 | 7 | #703 | — | — |
| 1880 | 9 | #598 | — | — |
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).