Emil

Last seen for girls in 1960 at #6,390 · #1,267 for boys in 2025, 155 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
#90
1881 · 145 births
Debut · boys
1880
119 births
In top 100 · boys
5 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
33,096
since 1880

Emil over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201981peak #90, 1881boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,267155
2024—#1,243159
2023—#1,128187
2022—#1,125188
2021—#1,253152
2020—#1,233152
2019—#1,226155
2018—#1,364129
2017—#1,264144
2016—#1,399125
2015—#1,369127
2014—#1,402120
2013—#1,433115
2012—#1,448114
2011—#1,510106
2010—#1,525106
2009—#1,218147
2008—#1,294134
2007—#1,433113
2006—#1,501101
2005—#1,53592
2004—#1,62979
2003—#1,49786
2002—#1,35797
2001—#1,221109
2000—#1,40189
1999—#1,24999
1998—#1,54669
1997—#1,59963
1996—#1,42173
1995—#1,22190
1994—#1,16895
1993—#1,35871
1992—#1,077104
1991—#1,15591
1990—#1,20182
1989—#1,22876
1988—#1,17873
1987—#1,00489
1986—#1,19963
1985—#1,03379
1984—#96884
1983—#88998
1982—#99582
1981—#1,03777
1980—#95489
1979—#90194
1978—#91489
1977—#93782
1976—#88389
1975—#83798
1974—#83792
1973—#786102
1972—#83792
1971—#799101
1970—#737124
1969—#750109
1968—#75197
1967—#731102
1966—#74099
1965—#628146
1964—#669132
1963—#692125
1962—#638147
1961—#645148
1960#6,3905#615161
1959—#607161
1958—#594170
1957—#562188
1956—#579173
1955—#550179
1954—#540179
1953—#519184
1952—#492205
1951—#464215
1950—#463207
1949—#454217
1948—#423251
1947—#424258
1946—#407246
1945—#402223
1944—#401222
1943—#379262
1942—#376259
1941—#334297
1940—#349263
1939—#337275
1938#4,3425#303322
1937—#327275
1936—#331273
1935#4,2045#304320
1934—#297335
1933—#273370
1932—#276392
1931#3,4977#254447
1930#4,5505#246509
1929#3,6827#248498
1928#3,7437#225582
1927#3,8757#215620
1926#4,3066#203682
1925#3,6648#191722
1924#4,4346#181790
1923#4,3766#175798
1922#4,4456#173824
1921#3,6668#177819
1920#3,9577#167835
1919#3,8177#159847
1918—#154912
1917#3,3448#1371,004
1916—#140970
1915#3,1348#138918
1914#3,6185#143684
1913#2,8276#142551
1912—#146407
1911—#156214
1910—#161194
1909—#162153
1908—#164141
1907—#150150
1906—#148139
1905—#164122
1904—#181101
1903—#145128
1902—#139136
1901—#136122
1900—#165127
1899—#124128
1898—#116158
1897—#126131
1896#1,5835#125143
1895—#122136
1894—#123128
1893—#110159
1892—#112157
1891—#109133
1890—#101165
1889—#109146
1888—#116142
1887—#100146
1886—#116127
1885—#105138
1884—#91175
1883—#99139
1882—#92157
1881—#90145
1880—#113119
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Emil was already there! It came in at #113, and was given to 119 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1984–1991, when fewer than 92 boys a year got the name.

See more about Emil
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 24 spots since 2024 (#1,243 → #1,267)
  • 34 spots since 2020 (#1,233 → #1,267)
  • 102 spots since 2015 (#1,369 → #1,267)
  • Biggest jump: 106 spots in 1983 (#995 → #889)
  • Biggest drop: 112 spots in 1966 (#628 → #740)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #90 (145 births)
  • Births halved by 1986, 105 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 5 yrs · run 1881–1884
  • Top 1,000: 104 yrs · run 1880–1980
Share of babies · boys
1 in 654
  • Highest: 1 in 654 boys born in 1884 were named Emil (0.15%)
  • Latest: 1 in 11,020 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #90 in 1881, was only 1 in 695 (0.14%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 21.7% of all boys named Emil (7,170) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,434#90 (1881)#103
1890s1,438#101 (1890)#117
1900s1,319#136 (1901)#155
1910s6,701#137 (1917)#148
1920s7,170#167 (1920)#196
1930s3,518#246 (1930)#295
1940s2,498#334 (1941)#395
1950s1,861#463 (1950)#537
1960s1,266#615 (1960)#686
1970s963#737 (1970)#847
1980s810#889 (1983)#1,049
1990s837#1,077 (1992)#1,300
2000s1,047#1,218 (2009)#1,409
2010s1,241#1,226 (2019)#1,394
2020s993#1,125 (2022)#1,208

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

Emil in 1981

boys
#1,037
77 births · 1 in 23,262 boys

Top boys' names in 1981

  1. #1Michael68,750
  2. #2Christopher50,221
  3. #3Matthew43,330
  4. #4Jason41,927
  5. #5David40,629
  6. #6Joshua39,024
  7. #7James38,283
  8. #8John34,868
  9. #9Robert34,395
  10. #10Daniel30,985
  11. #1,037Emil77
More about 1981

boys

1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 23,262 of them was named Emil, which outranked 85.8% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Emil
  1. #1,029Shamar78
  2. #1,029Shon78
  3. #1,029Tariq78
  4. #1,037Emil77
  5. #1,037Armand77
  6. #1,037Lars77
  7. #1,037Lauren77
  8. #1,044Asher76
  9. #1,044Derrell76
  10. #1,044Dustan76

Tied with 6 names at #1,037; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1980
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,321Marchello#2,162 → #841
  2. ↑ 1,104Skylar#2,058 → #954
  3. ↑ 816Kellen#1,432 → #616
  4. ↑ 499Marcello#1,291 → #792
  5. ↑ 456Tyrel#1,089 → #633
Fallers
  1. ↓ 306Kenyatta#871 → #1,177
  2. ↓ 284Seneca#718 → #1,002
  3. ↓ 247Kimberly#989 → #1,236
  4. ↓ 216Chadd#927 → #1,143
  5. ↓ 214Levar#911 → #1,125

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

See the top 100 for 1981 →