Emile Boy
How popular is Emile?
#2,091 boy name in 2025
70 baby boys were named Emile in the US in 2025, making it the 2091st most popular boy name.
Emile popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,091 for boys (▼ 189 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 70 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+27% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,354 in 2015, #1,996 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1922 (167 boys) |
| Highest rank | #283 in 1882 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 99% boys, 1% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Emile counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Emil family of names ranked #932 for boys in 2025 (#890 the year before), with 225 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Emil | 155 | 69% |
| Emile | 70 | 31% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Emile is most popular
Babies named Emile per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Louisiana: 0.1 per 1,000 (12 boys)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (42 boys)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (79 boys)
- Colorado: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 boys)
- Massachusetts: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 boys)
Emile by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 233 | #283 |
| 1890s | 247 | #323 |
| 1900s | 264 | #370 |
| 1910s | 1,093 | #385 |
| 1920s | 1,420 | #476 |
| 1930s | 971 | #532 |
| 1940s | 830 | #663 |
| 1950s | 671 | #813 |
| 1960s | 520 | #914 |
| 1970s | 392 | #1,080 |
| 1980s | 328 | #1,432 |
| 1990s | 320 | #1,946 |
| 2000s | 396 | #2,399 |
| 2010s | 511 | #2,090 |
| 2020s | 445 | #1,852 |
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Questions
- Is Emile a boy or girl name?
- Emile is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Emile were boys.
- How popular is the name Emile?
- 70 baby boys were named Emile in the US in 2025, making it the 2091st most popular boy name.
- When was Emile most popular?
- Emile peaked in 1922, when 167 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #283 in 1882.
- How many people are named Emile?
- 9,289 babies have been named Emile in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,270 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 41.
- Where is Emile most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Emile was most common in Louisiana, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.