Emile

Last seen for girls in 2018 at #13,793 · #2,091 for boys in 2025, 70 births
Given to boys 93.0% of the time

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Peak · boys
1882 · 37 births
Debut · boys
12 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
8,641
since 1880

Emile over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201896peak #1,332, 1891peak #283, 1882girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#2,09170
2024—#1,90283
2023—#2,17366
2022—#2,08372
2021—#1,85383
2020—#1,99671
2019—#2,17065
2018#13,7936#2,26260
2017—#2,09166
2016—#2,22860
2015#10,8669#2,35555
2014#10,12910#2,42952
2013—#2,59446
2012#13,4837#2,90540
2011—#3,16435
2010—#3,37732
2009#15,2426#2,56049
2008#10,80710#2,54249
2007#8,09815#2,86841
2006#9,28612#3,15334
2005#10,9219#2,52844
2004#7,82814#2,69739
2003#11,3258#2,84734
2002#7,04515#2,40342
2001#8,19612#2,79733
2000#9,8749#2,86431
1999#7,23913#3,18225
1998#8,01611#2,39436
1997#6,48314#2,90326
1996#6,72313#2,74727
1995#6,64113#1,95543
1994#5,44517#2,12338
1993#5,41917#2,50929
1992#6,31414#2,30332
1991#5,65916#1,95239
1990#7,88010#2,62825
1989#6,16013#2,69023
1988#4,84017#1,73140
1987#5,31214#1,89633
1986#6,61210#2,36023
1985#6,45710#1,79433
1984#4,47816#1,93328
1983#9,0156#1,78731
1982#6,37110#1,59638
1981#6,8049#1,43344
1980#4,51716#1,65535
1979—#1,59836
1978#5,56311#1,50838
1977#8,4446#1,74330
1976—#1,42739
1975#7,9846#1,47836
1974#7,6806#1,37039
1973—#1,40036
1972#8,2925#1,39137
1971—#1,25444
1970—#1,08057
1969—#1,25240
1968—#1,08347
1967—#1,15042
1966—#1,13143
1965—#1,06448
1964—#1,01655
1963#5,8916#1,00557
1962—#95363
1961#5,8516#91569
1960—#1,02156
1959#6,2455#91470
1958#5,4086#87774
1957—#1,06351
1956—#84978
1955#5,8285#99557
1954#3,9679#93363
1953—#86369
1952—#81474
1951—#85766
1950—#81969
1949#5,2445#77080
1948—#74482
1947—#663108
1946#3,6658#77773
1945—#69976
1944—#68782
1943—#69286
1942—#68787
1941—#66584
1940#3,2088#71872
1939#3,7826#60592
1938#2,9409#61593
1937#2,9409#63785
1936—#61191
1935—#64185
1934—#69776
1933—#58897
1932#4,4115#558112
1931—#532119
1930—#546121
1929—#557112
1928#4,1956#554121
1927#3,5618#522137
1926#3,2699#528131
1925#3,6648#516140
1924#5,0615#519147
1923#3,3509#485158
1922—#478167
1921#4,4646#476165
1920#2,89911#511142
1919#4,2516#486150
1918#3,8697#480153
1917#2,87910#490138
1916#3,0319#485136
1915#3,7956#492127
1914#3,6185#438121
1913#2,8276#43695
1912—#45076
1911—#38554
1910—#40743
1909#2,2085#40836
1908—#41333
1907—#48623
1906—#48921
1905#1,9315#37031
1904—#39028
1903—#41123
1902—#50718
1901—#42220
1900—#40231
1899—#38423
1898—#34531
1897—#38424
1896—#32334
1895—#42621
1894—#35826
1893—#35925
1892—#35728
1891#1,3325#47614
1890—#38921
1889—#33827
1888—#40421
1887—#35621
1886—#33625
1885—#41119
1884—#33128
1883—#34623
1882—#28337
1881—#37520
1880—#52612
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Emile was already there! It came in at #526, and was given to 12 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880, when fewer than 13 boys a year got the name.

Where Emile is popular in 1896

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Emile
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 189 spots since 2024 (#1,902 → #2,091)
  • 95 spots since 2020 (#1,996 → #2,091)
  • 264 spots since 2015 (#2,355 → #2,091)
  • Biggest jump: 186 spots in 1958 (#1,063 → #877)
  • Biggest drop: 214 spots in 1957 (#849 → #1,063)
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1882 at #283 (37 births)
  • Births halved by 1891, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 81 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 81 yrs · run 1880–1956
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,073
  • Highest: 1 in 3,073 boys born in 1882 were named Emile (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 24,401 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 16.4% of all boys named Emile (1,420) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s233#283 (1882)#371
1890s247#323 (1896)#380
1900s264#370 (1905)#430
1910s1,093#385 (1911)#455
1920s1,420#476 (1921)#515
1930s971#532 (1931)#603
1940s830#663 (1947)#710
1950s671#814 (1952)#898
1960s520#915 (1961)#1,059
1970s392#1,080 (1970)#1,425
1980s328#1,433 (1981)#1,888
1990s320#1,952 (1991)#2,470
2000s396#2,403 (2002)#2,726
2010s511#2,091 (2017)#2,558
2020s445#1,853 (2021)#2,016

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.

Emile in 1896

boys
#323
34 births · 1 in 3,517 boys

Top boys' names in 1896

  1. #1John8,138
  2. #2William7,747
  3. #3James5,206
  4. #4George4,286
  5. #5Charles3,639
  6. #6Joseph3,051
  7. #7Frank2,845
  8. #8Robert2,719
  9. #9Edward2,296
  10. #10Henry2,183
  11. #323Emile34
More about 1896

boys

119,565 boys got a published name in 1896; 1 in 3,517 of them was named Emile, which outranked 74.5% of the 1,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Emile
  1. #315Lyle35
  2. #315Neal35
  3. #315Rex35
  4. #323Emile34
  5. #323Allan34
  6. #323Basil34
  7. #323Boyd34
  8. #329Clair33
  9. #329Gustav33
  10. #331Asa32

Tied with 5 names at #323; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1895
Risers
  1. ↑ 533Hobert#795 → #262
  2. ↑ 528Cicero#1,079 → #551
  3. ↑ 528Earley#1,079 → #551
  4. ↑ 516Tomas#978 → #462
  5. ↑ 492Bryant#872 → #380
Fallers
  1. ↓ 572Talmage#529 → #1,101
  2. ↓ 545Bernie#556 → #1,101
  3. ↓ 545Mathias#556 → #1,101
  4. ↓ 522Orlando#579 → #1,101
  5. ↓ 522Rogers#579 → #1,101

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1896 →