How Many People Are Named Emelia?
people named Emelia are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 28,309 people in the US has this name
Based on 14,028 babies named Emelia in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
701 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of AMELIA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Emelia in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Emelia alive today is about 14 years old, and 90% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 17 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Emelia first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2019, to 701 babies. In 2025, 488 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Emelia has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #333, in 1883. In 2025 it ranked #601.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #601 |
| Best rank | #333 (1883) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #598 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Emelia alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Emelia were born in California than in any other state: about 1,076 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Emelia was given 3 times as often in Maine, 2.1 times in Minnesota and 1.9 times in Massachusetts.
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