Emelia

#601 for girls in 2025, 488 births

Peak · girls
#331
1883 · 29 births
Debut · girls
1880
12 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
14,028
since 1880

Emelia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Emelia has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202017peak #331, 1883girls
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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
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#601488
2024#574528
2023#533570
2022#521598
2021#470663
2020#452683
2019#443701
2018#480654
2017#539575
2016#583532
2015#591509
2014#619463
2013#645438
2012#685411
2011#752366
2010#805339
2009#872316
2008#955282
2007#1,152222
2006#1,036247
2005#1,121210
2004#1,050220
2003#1,146189
2002#1,236162
2001#1,600115
2000#1,558114
1999#1,80488
1998#1,75190
1997#1,86479
1996#1,86478
1995#1,98269
1994#2,18861
1993#2,15262
1992#2,29557
1991#2,13662
1990#2,34553
1989#2,65842
1988#2,70039
1987#2,65737
1986#2,47040
1985#3,32826
1984#2,99229
1983#3,06527
1982#3,78021
1981#3,34025
1980#3,41124
1979#4,42016
1978#4,93113
1977#4,42515
1976#4,90512
1975#4,85412
1974#4,72012
1973#4,36213
1972#3,89415
1971#4,81011
1970#6,3627
1969#5,0579
1968#3,78913
1967#3,65613
1966#4,8668
1965#3,54913
1964#3,00018
1963#3,17616
1962#3,03317
1961#3,46014
1960#3,51213
1959#3,43613
1958#2,75518
1957#2,21825
1956#3,04815
1955#2,55319
1954#2,88915
1953#2,43119
1952#2,02325
1951#2,47417
1950#2,00223
1949#2,27419
1948#1,90125
1947#2,63715
1946#2,09420
1945#1,94119
1944#1,91620
1943#1,99419
1942#1,91720
1941#1,88219
1940#1,90018
1939#2,20614
1938#1,43727
1937#1,78419
1936#1,80118
1935#1,55023
1934#1,83418
1933#1,36428
1932#1,75420
1931#2,02416
1930#1,16141
1929#1,19539
1928#1,54127
1927#1,23340
1926#1,35734
1925#1,10148
1924#1,05854
1923#1,15844
1922#1,02254
1921#96958
1920#1,08747
1919#1,10344
1918#94857
1917#94554
1916#99348
1915#91752
1914#91941
1913#88136
1912#1,00326
1911#95821
1910#78130
1909#86822
1908#72928
1907#94516
1906#64231
1905#90017
1904#91016
1903#71222
1902#66725
1901#60327
1900#72525
1899#57828
1898#63126
1897#66022
1896#63524
1895#57827
1894#56826
1893#46433
1892#59022
1891#45731
1890#43534
1889#72413
1888#43133
1887#42427
1886#50819
1885#38029
1884#61412
1883#33129
1882#44617
1881#53910
1880#49212
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Emelia was already there! It came in at #492, and was given to 12 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1969–1970, when fewer than 10 girls a year got the name.

See more about Emelia
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 27 spots since 2024 (#574 → #601)
  • 149 spots since 2020 (#452 → #601)
  • 10 spots since 2015 (#591 → #601)
  • Biggest jump: 289 spots in 1890 (#724 → #435)
  • Biggest drop: 303 spots in 1907 (#642 → #945)
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1883 at #331 (29 births)
  • Births halved by 1884, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 57 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1880–1911
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,367
  • Highest: 1 in 2,367 girls born in 2020 were named Emelia (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,294 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
  • Its best rank, #331 in 1883, was only 1 in 3,873 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 35.6% of all girls named Emelia (4,988) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s201#331 (1883)#489
1890s273#435 (1890)#560
1900s229#603 (1901)#770
1910s409#781 (1910)#945
1920s445#969 (1921)#1,172
1930s224#1,161 (1930)#1,692
1940s194#1,882 (1941)#2,046
1950s189#2,002 (1950)#2,583
1960s134#3,000 (1964)#3,710
1970s126#3,894 (1972)#4,768
1980s310#2,470 (1986)#3,040
1990s699#1,751 (1998)#2,038
2000s2,077#872 (2009)#1,173
2010s4,988#443 (2019)#614
2020s3,530#452 (2020)#525

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.

Emelia in 2017

girls
#539
575 births · 1 in 3,003 girls

Top girls' names in 2017

  1. #1Emma19,873
  2. #2Olivia18,778
  3. #3Ava16,017
  4. #4Isabella15,263
  5. #5Sophia14,947
  6. #6Mia13,521
  7. #7Charlotte12,969
  8. #8Amelia11,870
  9. #9Evelyn10,748
  10. #10Abigail10,645
  11. #539Emelia575
More about 2017

girls

1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 3,003 of them was named Emelia, which outranked 97.1% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Emelia
  1. #536Cameron577
  2. #536Hanna577
  3. #538Angelica576
  4. #539Emelia575
  5. #539Celine575
  6. #541Imani573
  7. #542Addyson571
  8. #543Macy570

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

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,443Ensley#2,412 → #969
  2. ↑ 1,020Oaklynn#1,908 → #888
  3. ↑ 842Dream#1,667 → #825
  4. ↑ 749Oaklyn#1,425 → #676
  5. ↑ 717Melania#1,649 → #932
Fallers
  1. ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
  2. ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
  3. ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
  4. ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
  5. ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154

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

See the top 100 for 2017 →