Emilia

#45 for girls in 2025, 4,677 births · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2021 · 4,854 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
9 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
69,076
since 1880

Emilia over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201979girlsat peak
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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
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#454,677#12,0085
2024#434,649#9,8947
2023#424,687#9,7637
2022#444,685#8,3009
2021#404,854
2020#414,786#12,0225
2019#444,774#9,7567
2018#584,040#12,1565
2017#773,596
2016#1033,033
2015#1452,225
2014#1642,004
2013#2051,564
2012#2681,213
2011#325972
2010#348927
2009#399789
2008#401804
2007#420781
2006#420759
2005#434711
2004#468631
2003#514557
2002#544506
2001#614408
2000#624402
1999#758292
1998#855249
1997#861237
1996#879224
1995#889213
1994#905211
1993#979190
1992#933208
1991#960197
1990#981188
1989#1,067158
1988#986167
1987#1,156127
1986#1,194118
1985#1,219113
1984#1,035137
1983#1,084127
1982#958155
1981#1,017142
1980#1,161116
1979#1,50378
1978#1,39783
1977#1,44077
1976#1,25289
1975#1,43972
1974#1,53263
1973#1,52761
1972#1,62755
1971#1,47369
1970#1,33079
1969#1,40268
1968#1,29173
1967#1,28171
1966#1,18981
1965#1,36665
1964#1,22980
1963#1,36166
1962#1,26676
1961#1,30572
1960#1,35466
1959#1,35862
1958#1,44854
1957#1,34462
1956#1,14182
1955#1,19770
1954#1,20669
1953#1,13074
1952#1,15667
1951#1,03181
1950#1,14565
1949#1,07769
1948#99377
1947#92692
1946#1,04266
1945#1,06054
1944#1,00560
1943#1,00662
1942#92871
1941#84574
1940#87966
1939#84868
1938#84071
1937#80473
1936#90956
1935#86164
1934#68096
1933#73680
1932#72486
1931#72885
1930#634119
1929#678107
1928#664111
1927#651123
1926#662119
1925#639130
1924#628143
1923#649129
1922#665119
1921#667122
1920#698109
1919#660112
1918#653117
1917#624120
1916#638112
1915#599119
1914#60888
1913#51996
1912#72248
1911#66742
1910#66341
1909#54149
1908#56743
1907#50750
1906#57038
1905#60933
1904#60032
1903#49641
1902#62328
1901#64524
1900#55638
1899#55030
1898#66624
1897#56728
1896#63524
1895#62224
1894#53529
1893#63021
1892#63820
1891#60819
1890#59919
1889#60018
1888#52523
1887#73310
1886#57215
1885#57614
1884#58313
1883#48016
1882#6788
1881#6797
1880#5809
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Emilia was already there! It came in at #580, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1882, when fewer than 10 girls a year got the name.

See more about Emilia
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 2 spots since 2024 (#43#45)
  • 4 spots since 2020 (#41#45)
  • 100 spots since 2015 (#145#45)
  • Biggest jump: 208 spots in 1888 (#733#525)
  • Biggest drop: 181 spots in 1935 (#680#861)
Rise & fade · girls
141 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2021 at #40 (4,854 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 9 yrs · run 2017–2025
  • Top 1,000: 103 yrs · run 1880–1942
Share of babies · girls
1 in 338
  • Highest: 1 in 338 girls born in 2020 were named Emilia (0.30%)
  • Latest: 1 in 344 girls born in 2025 (0.29%)
  • Its best rank, #40 in 2021, was only 1 in 338 (0.30%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2020s
  • 41.0% of all girls named Emilia (28,338) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s133#480 (1883)#601
1890s238#535 (1894)#605
1900s376#496 (1903)#571
1910s895#519 (1913)#635
1920s1,212#628 (1924)#660
1930s798#634 (1930)#776
1940s691#845 (1941)#976
1950s686#1,031 (1951)#1,216
1960s718#1,189 (1966)#1,304
1970s726#1,252 (1976)#1,452
1980s1,360#958 (1982)#1,088
1990s2,209#758 (1999)#900
2000s6,348#399 (2009)#484
2010s24,348#44 (2019)#174
2020s28,338#40 (2021)#43

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.

Emilia in 1979

girls
#1,503
78 births · 1 in 20,580 girls

Top girls' names in 1979

  1. #1Jennifer56,712
  2. #2Melissa34,050
  3. #3Amanda31,924
  4. #4Jessica27,780
  5. #5Amy21,609
  6. #6Sarah21,015
  7. #7Heather20,834
  8. #8Angela20,256
  9. #9Nicole19,510
  10. #10Michelle19,266
  11. #1,503Emilia78
More about 1979

girls

1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 20,580 of them was named Emilia, which outranked 87.4% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Emilia
  1. #1,496Lanita79
  2. #1,496Lesli79
  3. #1,496Lupe79
  4. #1,503Emilia78
  5. #1,503Chimere78
  6. #1,503Danae78
  7. #1,503Danyel78
  8. #1,517Carmella77
  9. #1,517Cherish77
  10. #1,517Chevon77

Tied with 13 names at #1,503; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
  1. 1,593Breanne#2,125#532
  2. 1,527Loni#2,516#989
  3. 1,287Renata#2,012#725
  4. 985Ashanti#1,862#877
  5. 896Nicolette#1,581#685
Fallers
  1. 392Christel#762#1,154
  2. 312Kenisha#557#869
  3. 297Ariane#887#1,184
  4. 285Imelda#947#1,232
  5. 252Farrah#539#791

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

See the top 100 for 1979