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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201919girlsat peak
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

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 1919

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Emilia, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Emilia, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Emilia, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Emilia, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Emilia, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Emilia, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Emilia, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Emilia, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Emilia, so not publishedMNIllinois: #490 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 7,119 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Emilia, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Emilia, so not publishedMINew York: #398 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 6,364 girlsNYMassachusetts: #274 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,475 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Emilia, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Emilia, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Emilia, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Emilia, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Emilia, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Emilia, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Emilia, so not publishedINOhio: #481 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,382 girlsOHPennsylvania: #435 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 8,471 girlsPANew Jersey: #289 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,374 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Emilia, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Emilia, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Emilia, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Emilia, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Emilia, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Emilia, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Emilia, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Emilia, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Emilia, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Emilia, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Emilia, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Emilia, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Emilia, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Emilia, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Emilia, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Emilia, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Emilia, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Emilia, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Emilia, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Emilia, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Emilia, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Emilia, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Emilia, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Emilia, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Emilia, so not publishedHITexas: #375 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 2,255 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Emilia, so not publishedFL

Hover or tap a state for its numbers.

Top states · girls
  1. Massachusetts#274 · 1 in 3,475
  2. New Jersey#289 · 1 in 4,374
  3. Texas#375 · 1 in 2,255
  4. New York#398 · 1 in 6,364
  5. Pennsylvania#435 · 1 in 8,471

Best ever in a state: #14 in District of Columbia, 2023.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Massachusetts#274101 in 3,475
New Jersey#28971 in 4,374
Texas#375231 in 2,255
New York#398151 in 6,364
Pennsylvania#435111 in 8,471
Ohio#48161 in 8,382
Illinois#49081 in 7,119
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 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 1919

girls
#660
112 births · 1 in 10,090 girls

Top girls' names in 1919

  1. #1Mary65,836
  2. #2Helen33,706
  3. #3Dorothy31,733
  4. #4Margaret26,238
  5. #5Ruth24,562
  6. #6Mildred17,300
  7. #7Virginia15,636
  8. #8Elizabeth15,287
  9. #9Frances15,106
  10. #10Anna14,498
  11. #660Emilia112
More about 1919

girls

1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 10,090 of them was named Emilia, which outranked 88.1% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Emilia
  1. #655Gayle113
  2. #655Lavina113
  3. #655Leonora113
  4. #660Emilia112
  5. #660Felicia112
  6. #660Lavern112
  7. #660Ouida112
  8. #664Marianna111
  9. #665Mozell110
  10. #666Carolina109

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. 851Gregoria#1,805#954
  2. 443Concha#1,333#890
  3. 390Arlena#1,299#909
  4. 353Marina#1,255#902
  5. 333Roselle#1,333#1,000
Fallers
  1. 1,019Liberty#585#1,604
  2. 840Victory#809#1,649
  3. 567Karen#960#1,527
  4. 404Zena#989#1,393
  5. 359Malvina#989#1,348

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

See the top 100 for 1919