Emile
Last seen for girls in 2018 at #13,793 · #2,091 for boys in 2025, 70 births
Given to boys 93.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1882 · 37 births
- Debut · boys
- 12 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 8,641since 1880
Emile over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,091 | 70 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,902 | 83 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,173 | 66 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,083 | 72 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,853 | 83 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,996 | 71 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,170 | 65 | |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | #2,262 | 60 |
| 2017 | — | #2,091 | 66 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,228 | 60 | |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 | #2,355 | 55 |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 | #2,429 | 52 |
| 2013 | — | #2,594 | 46 | |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | #2,905 | 40 |
| 2011 | — | #3,164 | 35 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,377 | 32 | |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | #2,560 | 49 |
| 2008 | #10,807 | 10 | #2,542 | 49 |
| 2007 | #8,098 | 15 | #2,868 | 41 |
| 2006 | #9,286 | 12 | #3,153 | 34 |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 | #2,528 | 44 |
| 2004 | #7,828 | 14 | #2,697 | 39 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 | #2,847 | 34 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 | #2,403 | 42 |
| 2001 | #8,196 | 12 | #2,797 | 33 |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | #2,864 | 31 |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 | #3,182 | 25 |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | #2,394 | 36 |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 | #2,903 | 26 |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 | #2,747 | 27 |
| 1995 | #6,641 | 13 | #1,955 | 43 |
| 1994 | #5,445 | 17 | #2,123 | 38 |
| 1993 | #5,419 | 17 | #2,509 | 29 |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 | #2,303 | 32 |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 | #1,952 | 39 |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | #2,628 | 25 |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 | #2,690 | 23 |
| 1988 | #4,840 | 17 | #1,731 | 40 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 | #1,896 | 33 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | #2,360 | 23 |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | #1,794 | 33 |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 | #1,933 | 28 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #1,787 | 31 |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 | #1,596 | 38 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | #1,433 | 44 |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 | #1,655 | 35 |
| 1979 | — | #1,598 | 36 | |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 | #1,508 | 38 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | #1,743 | 30 |
| 1976 | — | #1,427 | 39 | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #1,478 | 36 |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #1,370 | 39 |
| 1973 | — | #1,400 | 36 | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #1,391 | 37 |
| 1971 | — | #1,254 | 44 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,080 | 57 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,252 | 40 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,083 | 47 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,150 | 42 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,131 | 43 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,064 | 48 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,016 | 55 | |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | #1,005 | 57 |
| 1962 | — | #953 | 63 | |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | #915 | 69 |
| 1960 | — | #1,021 | 56 | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #914 | 70 |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | #877 | 74 |
| 1957 | — | #1,063 | 51 | |
| 1956 | — | #849 | 78 | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #995 | 57 |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 | #933 | 63 |
| 1953 | — | #863 | 69 | |
| 1952 | — | #814 | 74 | |
| 1951 | — | #857 | 66 | |
| 1950 | — | #819 | 69 | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #770 | 80 |
| 1948 | — | #744 | 82 | |
| 1947 | — | #663 | 108 | |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 | #777 | 73 |
| 1945 | — | #699 | 76 | |
| 1944 | — | #687 | 82 | |
| 1943 | — | #692 | 86 | |
| 1942 | — | #687 | 87 | |
| 1941 | — | #665 | 84 | |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | #718 | 72 |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | #605 | 92 |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 | #615 | 93 |
| 1937 | #2,940 | 9 | #637 | 85 |
| 1936 | — | #611 | 91 | |
| 1935 | — | #641 | 85 | |
| 1934 | — | #697 | 76 | |
| 1933 | — | #588 | 97 | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #558 | 112 |
| 1931 | — | #532 | 119 | |
| 1930 | — | #546 | 121 | |
| 1929 | — | #557 | 112 | |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #554 | 121 |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 | #522 | 137 |
| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 | #528 | 131 |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | #516 | 140 |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #519 | 147 |
| 1923 | #3,350 | 9 | #485 | 158 |
| 1922 | — | #478 | 167 | |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #476 | 165 |
| 1920 | #2,899 | 11 | #511 | 142 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | #486 | 150 |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 | #480 | 153 |
| 1917 | #2,879 | 10 | #490 | 138 |
| 1916 | #3,031 | 9 | #485 | 136 |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | #492 | 127 |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | #438 | 121 |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | #436 | 95 |
| 1912 | — | #450 | 76 | |
| 1911 | — | #385 | 54 | |
| 1910 | — | #407 | 43 | |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 | #408 | 36 |
| 1908 | — | #413 | 33 | |
| 1907 | — | #486 | 23 | |
| 1906 | — | #489 | 21 | |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | #370 | 31 |
| 1904 | — | #390 | 28 | |
| 1903 | — | #411 | 23 | |
| 1902 | — | #507 | 18 | |
| 1901 | — | #422 | 20 | |
| 1900 | — | #402 | 31 | |
| 1899 | — | #384 | 23 | |
| 1898 | — | #345 | 31 | |
| 1897 | — | #384 | 24 | |
| 1896 | — | #323 | 34 | |
| 1895 | — | #426 | 21 | |
| 1894 | — | #358 | 26 | |
| 1893 | — | #359 | 25 | |
| 1892 | — | #357 | 28 | |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 | #476 | 14 |
| 1890 | — | #389 | 21 | |
| 1889 | — | #338 | 27 | |
| 1888 | — | #404 | 21 | |
| 1887 | — | #356 | 21 | |
| 1886 | — | #336 | 25 | |
| 1885 | — | #411 | 19 | |
| 1884 | — | #331 | 28 | |
| 1883 | — | #346 | 23 | |
| 1882 | — | #283 | 37 | |
| 1881 | — | #375 | 20 | |
| 1880 | — | #526 | 12 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Emile was already there! It came in at #526, and was given to 12 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880, when fewer than 13 boys a year got the name.
See more about Emile
- 189 spots since 2024 (#1,902 → #2,091)
- 95 spots since 2020 (#1,996 → #2,091)
- 264 spots since 2015 (#2,355 → #2,091)
- Biggest jump: 186 spots in 1958 (#1,063 → #877)
- Biggest drop: 214 spots in 1957 (#849 → #1,063)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #283 (37 births)
- Births halved by 1891, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 81 yrs · run 1880–1956
- Highest: 1 in 3,073 boys born in 1882 were named Emile (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 24,401 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 16.4% of all boys named Emile (1,420) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 233 | #283 (1882) | #371 |
| 1890s | 247 | #323 (1896) | #380 |
| 1900s | 264 | #370 (1905) | #430 |
| 1910s | 1,093 | #385 (1911) | #455 |
| 1920s | 1,420 | #476 (1921) | #515 |
| 1930s | 971 | #532 (1931) | #603 |
| 1940s | 830 | #663 (1947) | #710 |
| 1950s | 671 | #814 (1952) | #898 |
| 1960s | 520 | #915 (1961) | #1,059 |
| 1970s | 392 | #1,080 (1970) | #1,425 |
| 1980s | 328 | #1,433 (1981) | #1,888 |
| 1990s | 320 | #1,952 (1991) | #2,470 |
| 2000s | 396 | #2,403 (2002) | #2,726 |
| 2010s | 511 | #2,091 (2017) | #2,558 |
| 2020s | 445 | #1,853 (2021) | #2,016 |
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.
Emile in 1921
Top girls' names in 1921
Top boys' names in 1921
More about 1921
girls
1,233,058 girls got a published name in 1921; 1 in 205,510 of them was named Emile, which outranked 24.0% of the 5,871 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,023Zerline7
- #4,023Zoa7
- #4,023Zuma7
- #4,464Emile6
- #4,464Abelina6
- #4,464Adamae6
- #4,464Addell6
- #5,099Abbey5
- #5,099Adalee5
- #5,099Adam5
Tied with 634 names at #4,464; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,101,449 boys got a published name in 1921; 1 in 6,675 of them was named Emile, which outranked 90.5% of the 4,985 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).