How Many People Are Named Emil?
people named Emil are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 35,624 people in the US has this name
Based on 33,230 babies named Emil in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
1,012 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the Roman family name Aemilius, which was derived from Latin aemulus meaning "rival".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Emil (99.9%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Emil alive today is about 44 years old, and 37% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 17 and 69 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Emil first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1917, to 1,012 babies. In 2025, 155 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Emil never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #90, in 1881, and it was in the top 100 in 5 years between 1881 and 1887. In 2025 it ranked #1,269.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,269 |
| Best rank | #90 (1881) |
| Years in the top 100 | 5 (1881 to 1887) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #191 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Emil alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Emil were born in New York than in any other state: about 1,449 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Emil was given 3.8 times as often in North Dakota, 3 times in New Jersey and 2.4 times in South Dakota.
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