Emil
Last seen for girls in 1960 at #6,390 · #1,267 for boys in 2025, 155 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 145 births
- Debut · boys
- 119 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 5 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 33,096since 1880
Emil over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,267 | 155 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,243 | 159 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,128 | 187 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,125 | 188 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,253 | 152 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,233 | 152 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,226 | 155 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,364 | 129 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,264 | 144 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,399 | 125 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,369 | 127 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,402 | 120 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,433 | 115 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,448 | 114 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,510 | 106 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,525 | 106 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,218 | 147 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,294 | 134 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,433 | 113 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,501 | 101 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,535 | 92 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,629 | 79 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,497 | 86 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,357 | 97 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,221 | 109 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,401 | 89 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,249 | 99 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,546 | 69 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,599 | 63 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,421 | 73 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,221 | 90 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,168 | 95 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,358 | 71 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,077 | 104 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,155 | 91 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,201 | 82 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,228 | 76 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,178 | 73 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,004 | 89 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,199 | 63 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,033 | 79 | |
| 1984 | — | #968 | 84 | |
| 1983 | — | #889 | 98 | |
| 1982 | — | #995 | 82 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,037 | 77 | |
| 1980 | — | #954 | 89 | |
| 1979 | — | #901 | 94 | |
| 1978 | — | #914 | 89 | |
| 1977 | — | #937 | 82 | |
| 1976 | — | #883 | 89 | |
| 1975 | — | #837 | 98 | |
| 1974 | — | #837 | 92 | |
| 1973 | — | #786 | 102 | |
| 1972 | — | #837 | 92 | |
| 1971 | — | #799 | 101 | |
| 1970 | — | #737 | 124 | |
| 1969 | — | #750 | 109 | |
| 1968 | — | #751 | 97 | |
| 1967 | — | #731 | 102 | |
| 1966 | — | #740 | 99 | |
| 1965 | — | #628 | 146 | |
| 1964 | — | #669 | 132 | |
| 1963 | — | #692 | 125 | |
| 1962 | — | #638 | 147 | |
| 1961 | — | #645 | 148 | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #615 | 161 |
| 1959 | — | #607 | 161 | |
| 1958 | — | #594 | 170 | |
| 1957 | — | #562 | 188 | |
| 1956 | — | #579 | 173 | |
| 1955 | — | #550 | 179 | |
| 1954 | — | #540 | 179 | |
| 1953 | — | #519 | 184 | |
| 1952 | — | #492 | 205 | |
| 1951 | — | #464 | 215 | |
| 1950 | — | #463 | 207 | |
| 1949 | — | #454 | 217 | |
| 1948 | — | #423 | 251 | |
| 1947 | — | #424 | 258 | |
| 1946 | — | #407 | 246 | |
| 1945 | — | #402 | 223 | |
| 1944 | — | #401 | 222 | |
| 1943 | — | #379 | 262 | |
| 1942 | — | #376 | 259 | |
| 1941 | — | #334 | 297 | |
| 1940 | — | #349 | 263 | |
| 1939 | — | #337 | 275 | |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #303 | 322 |
| 1937 | — | #327 | 275 | |
| 1936 | — | #331 | 273 | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #304 | 320 |
| 1934 | — | #297 | 335 | |
| 1933 | — | #273 | 370 | |
| 1932 | — | #276 | 392 | |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | #254 | 447 |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #246 | 509 |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | #248 | 498 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | #225 | 582 |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | #215 | 620 |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #203 | 682 |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | #191 | 722 |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | #181 | 790 |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | #175 | 798 |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | #173 | 824 |
| 1921 | #3,666 | 8 | #177 | 819 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #167 | 835 |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | #159 | 847 |
| 1918 | — | #154 | 912 | |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | #137 | 1,004 |
| 1916 | — | #140 | 970 | |
| 1915 | #3,134 | 8 | #138 | 918 |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | #143 | 684 |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | #142 | 551 |
| 1912 | — | #146 | 407 | |
| 1911 | — | #156 | 214 | |
| 1910 | — | #161 | 194 | |
| 1909 | — | #162 | 153 | |
| 1908 | — | #164 | 141 | |
| 1907 | — | #150 | 150 | |
| 1906 | — | #148 | 139 | |
| 1905 | — | #164 | 122 | |
| 1904 | — | #181 | 101 | |
| 1903 | — | #145 | 128 | |
| 1902 | — | #139 | 136 | |
| 1901 | — | #136 | 122 | |
| 1900 | — | #165 | 127 | |
| 1899 | — | #124 | 128 | |
| 1898 | — | #116 | 158 | |
| 1897 | — | #126 | 131 | |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | #125 | 143 |
| 1895 | — | #122 | 136 | |
| 1894 | — | #123 | 128 | |
| 1893 | — | #110 | 159 | |
| 1892 | — | #112 | 157 | |
| 1891 | — | #109 | 133 | |
| 1890 | — | #101 | 165 | |
| 1889 | — | #109 | 146 | |
| 1888 | — | #116 | 142 | |
| 1887 | — | #100 | 146 | |
| 1886 | — | #116 | 127 | |
| 1885 | — | #105 | 138 | |
| 1884 | — | #91 | 175 | |
| 1883 | — | #99 | 139 | |
| 1882 | — | #92 | 157 | |
| 1881 | — | #90 | 145 | |
| 1880 | — | #113 | 119 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Emil was already there! It came in at #113, and was given to 119 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1984–1991, when fewer than 92 boys a year got the name.
Where Emil is popular in 1998
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#739 · 1 in 7,689
- California#1,161 · 1 in 20,277
Best ever in a state: #25 in North Dakota, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New York | #739 | 15 | 1 in 7,689 |
| California | #1,161 | 12 | 1 in 20,277 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Emil
- 24 spots since 2024 (#1,243 → #1,267)
- 34 spots since 2020 (#1,233 → #1,267)
- 102 spots since 2015 (#1,369 → #1,267)
- Biggest jump: 106 spots in 1983 (#995 → #889)
- Biggest drop: 112 spots in 1966 (#628 → #740)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #90 (145 births)
- Births halved by 1986, 105 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 5 yrs · run 1881–1884
- Top 1,000: 104 yrs · run 1880–1980
- Highest: 1 in 654 boys born in 1884 were named Emil (0.15%)
- Latest: 1 in 11,020 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #90 in 1881, was only 1 in 695 (0.14%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 21.7% of all boys named Emil (7,170) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,434 | #90 (1881) | #103 |
| 1890s | 1,438 | #101 (1890) | #117 |
| 1900s | 1,319 | #136 (1901) | #155 |
| 1910s | 6,701 | #137 (1917) | #148 |
| 1920s | 7,170 | #167 (1920) | #196 |
| 1930s | 3,518 | #246 (1930) | #295 |
| 1940s | 2,498 | #334 (1941) | #395 |
| 1950s | 1,861 | #463 (1950) | #537 |
| 1960s | 1,266 | #615 (1960) | #686 |
| 1970s | 963 | #737 (1970) | #847 |
| 1980s | 810 | #889 (1983) | #1,049 |
| 1990s | 837 | #1,077 (1992) | #1,300 |
| 2000s | 1,047 | #1,218 (2009) | #1,409 |
| 2010s | 1,241 | #1,226 (2019) | #1,394 |
| 2020s | 993 | #1,125 (2022) | #1,208 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Emil in 1998
Top boys' names in 1998
More about 1998
boys
1,911,366 boys got a published name in 1998; 1 in 27,701 of them was named Emil, which outranked 86.3% of the 11,311 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,536Paolo70
- #1,536Rishi70
- #1,536Rowdy70
- #1,546Emil69
- #1,546Davian69
- #1,546Ephraim69
- #1,546Favian69
- #1,558Abner68
- #1,558Akshay68
- #1,558Camryn68
Tied with 11 names at #1,546; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.