How Many People Are Named Emelie?

1,973

people named Emelie are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 173,231 people in the US has this name

Based on 2,612 babies named Emelie in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#6,793

πŸ’ŽπŸ’Ž Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#3,796

See the top 100

Peak Year

2003

76 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

πŸ“– Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Swedish
Pronunciation: EM-e-lee
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Swedish feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL).

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Emelie in the records were girls.

πŸ‘₯ Age Distribution

The average person named Emelie alive today is about 25 years old, and 73% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 31 in 2025.

Under 30 1,440
73%
30 to 59 362
18.4%
60 and over 170
8.6%

πŸ“ˆ Popularity Over Time

Emelie first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2003, to 76 babies. In 2025, 25 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025

πŸ† Rank History

Emelie has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #556, in 1880. In 2025 it ranked #5,133.

Girls
Rank in 2025#5,133
Best rank#556 (1880)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#2,816 in the 2000s

πŸ“ State-Wise Distribution

People named Emelie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Emelie were born in California than in any other state: about 352 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Emelie was given 3.8 times as often in California, 2.3 times in Florida and 2.1 times in Texas.

California 352
Texas 144
Florida 82
New York 53
Arizona 5
Massachusetts 5
Pennsylvania 1

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