Emilia Girl
How popular is Emilia?
#45 girl name in 2025
4,677 baby girls were named Emilia in the US in 2025, making it the 45th most popular girl name. Another 5 boys got the name (#12,004 for boys).
Emilia popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #45 for girls (▼ 2 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 4,677 girls, 5 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+110% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #145 in 2015, #41 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2021 (4,854 girls) |
| Highest rank | #40 in 2021 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Emilia counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Emilia family of names ranked #46 for girls in 2025 (#47 the year before), with 5,272 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Emilia | 4,677 | 89% |
| Emelia | 488 | 9% |
| Emmelia | 37 | 1% |
| Emillia | 18 | 0% |
| Emylia | 20 | 0% |
| Emilya | 9 | 0% |
| Emalia | 5 | 0% |
| Emmilia | 11 | 0% |
| Emiliah | 7 | 0% |
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 Emilia is most popular
Babies named Emilia per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- District of Columbia: 7.4 per 1,000 (88 girls)
- Rhode Island: 6.9 per 1,000 (87 girls)
- Vermont: 6.4 per 1,000 (31 girls)
- Wyoming: 6.3 per 1,000 (27 girls)
- Connecticut: 6.2 per 1,000 (361 girls)
Emilia by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 133 | #480 |
| 1890s | 238 | #535 |
| 1900s | 376 | #496 |
| 1910s | 895 | #519 |
| 1920s | 1,212 | #628 |
| 1930s | 798 | #634 |
| 1940s | 691 | #845 |
| 1950s | 686 | #1,030 |
| 1960s | 718 | #1,189 |
| 1970s | 726 | #1,252 |
| 1980s | 1,360 | #958 |
| 1990s | 2,209 | #757 |
| 2000s | 6,348 | #399 |
| 2010s | 24,348 | #44 |
| 2020s | 28,338 | #40 |
Girl names about as popular as Emilia
Questions
- Is Emilia a boy or girl name?
- Emilia is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Emilia were girls.
- How popular is the name Emilia?
- 4,677 baby girls were named Emilia in the US in 2025, making it the 45th most popular girl name. Another 5 boys got the name (#12,004 for boys).
- When was Emilia most popular?
- Emilia peaked in 2021, when 4,854 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #40 in 2021.
- How many people are named Emilia?
- 69,121 babies have been named Emilia in the US since 1880. We estimate about 64,901 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 7.
- Where is Emilia most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Emilia was most common in District of Columbia, at 7.4 of every 1,000 girls 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.