Emilia

#45 for girls in 2025, 4,677 births · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2021 · 4,854 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
9 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
69,076
since 1880

Emilia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201905girlsat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#454,677#12,0085
2024#434,649#9,8947
2023#424,687#9,7637
2022#444,685#8,3009
2021#404,854—
2020#414,786#12,0225
2019#444,774#9,7567
2018#584,040#12,1565
2017#773,596—
2016#1033,033—
2015#1452,225—
2014#1642,004—
2013#2051,564—
2012#2681,213—
2011#325972—
2010#348927—
2009#399789—
2008#401804—
2007#420781—
2006#420759—
2005#434711—
2004#468631—
2003#514557—
2002#544506—
2001#614408—
2000#624402—
1999#758292—
1998#855249—
1997#861237—
1996#879224—
1995#889213—
1994#905211—
1993#979190—
1992#933208—
1991#960197—
1990#981188—
1989#1,067158—
1988#986167—
1987#1,156127—
1986#1,194118—
1985#1,219113—
1984#1,035137—
1983#1,084127—
1982#958155—
1981#1,017142—
1980#1,161116—
1979#1,50378—
1978#1,39783—
1977#1,44077—
1976#1,25289—
1975#1,43972—
1974#1,53263—
1973#1,52761—
1972#1,62755—
1971#1,47369—
1970#1,33079—
1969#1,40268—
1968#1,29173—
1967#1,28171—
1966#1,18981—
1965#1,36665—
1964#1,22980—
1963#1,36166—
1962#1,26676—
1961#1,30572—
1960#1,35466—
1959#1,35862—
1958#1,44854—
1957#1,34462—
1956#1,14182—
1955#1,19770—
1954#1,20669—
1953#1,13074—
1952#1,15667—
1951#1,03181—
1950#1,14565—
1949#1,07769—
1948#99377—
1947#92692—
1946#1,04266—
1945#1,06054—
1944#1,00560—
1943#1,00662—
1942#92871—
1941#84574—
1940#87966—
1939#84868—
1938#84071—
1937#80473—
1936#90956—
1935#86164—
1934#68096—
1933#73680—
1932#72486—
1931#72885—
1930#634119—
1929#678107—
1928#664111—
1927#651123—
1926#662119—
1925#639130—
1924#628143—
1923#649129—
1922#665119—
1921#667122—
1920#698109—
1919#660112—
1918#653117—
1917#624120—
1916#638112—
1915#599119—
1914#60888—
1913#51996—
1912#72248—
1911#66742—
1910#66341—
1909#54149—
1908#56743—
1907#50750—
1906#57038—
1905#60933—
1904#60032—
1903#49641—
1902#62328—
1901#64524—
1900#55638—
1899#55030—
1898#66624—
1897#56728—
1896#63524—
1895#62224—
1894#53529—
1893#63021—
1892#63820—
1891#60819—
1890#59919—
1889#60018—
1888#52523—
1887#73310—
1886#57215—
1885#57614—
1884#58313—
1883#48016—
1882#6788—
1881#6797—
1880#5809—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Emilia was already there! It came in at #580, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1882, when fewer than 10 girls a year got the name.

Where Emilia is popular in 1905

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Emilia
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 2 spots since 2024 (#43 → #45)
  • 4 spots since 2020 (#41 → #45)
  • 100 spots since 2015 (#145 → #45)
  • Biggest jump: 208 spots in 1888 (#733 → #525)
  • Biggest drop: 181 spots in 1935 (#680 → #861)
Rise & fade · girls
141 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2021 at #40 (4,854 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 9 yrs · run 2017–2025
  • Top 1,000: 103 yrs · run 1880–1942
Share of babies · girls
1 in 338
  • Highest: 1 in 338 girls born in 2020 were named Emilia (0.30%)
  • Latest: 1 in 344 girls born in 2025 (0.29%)
  • Its best rank, #40 in 2021, was only 1 in 338 (0.30%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2020s
  • 41.0% of all girls named Emilia (28,338) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s133#480 (1883)#601
1890s238#535 (1894)#605
1900s376#496 (1903)#571
1910s895#519 (1913)#635
1920s1,212#628 (1924)#660
1930s798#634 (1930)#776
1940s691#845 (1941)#976
1950s686#1,031 (1951)#1,216
1960s718#1,189 (1966)#1,304
1970s726#1,252 (1976)#1,452
1980s1,360#958 (1982)#1,088
1990s2,209#758 (1999)#900
2000s6,348#399 (2009)#484
2010s24,348#44 (2019)#174
2020s28,338#40 (2021)#43

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Emilia in 1905

girls
#609
33 births · 1 in 8,837 girls

Top girls' names in 1905

  1. #1Mary16,067
  2. #2Helen6,811
  3. #3Margaret5,690
  4. #4Anna5,424
  5. #5Ruth5,068
  6. #6Elizabeth4,121
  7. #7Dorothy3,937
  8. #8Mildred3,758
  9. #9Marie3,643
  10. #10Alice3,610
  11. #609Emilia33
More about 1905

girls

291,617 girls got a published name in 1905; 1 in 8,837 of them was named Emilia, which outranked 72.7% of the 2,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Emilia
  1. #600Jo34
  2. #600Madelyn34
  3. #600Theo34
  4. #609Emilia33
  5. #609Dottie33
  6. #609Ethelyn33
  7. #609Hildegarde33
  8. #620Anastasia32
  9. #620Bennie32
  10. #620Bridget32

Tied with 10 names at #609; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1904
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,052Orma#1,877 → #825
  2. ↑ 951Doretha#1,877 → #926
  3. ↑ 909Doshie#1,877 → #968
  4. ↑ 862Sydney#1,659 → #797
  5. ↑ 834Dulcie#1,659 → #825
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,126Luberta#805 → #1,931
  2. ↓ 966Diane#965 → #1,931
  3. ↓ 966Pearly#965 → #1,931
  4. ↓ 843Melinda#853 → #1,696
  5. ↓ 765Izora#773 → #1,538

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

See the top 100 for 1905 →