How Many People Are Named Emilia?
people named Emilia are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 5,282 people in the US has this name
Based on 69,121 babies named Emilia in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
4,854 births
Trend
Rising (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Icelandic feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Emilia (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Emilia alive today is about 11 years old, and 92% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 12 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Emilia first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2021, to 4,854 babies. In 2025, 4,682 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been rising.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Emilia never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #40, in 2021, and it was in the top 100 for 9 years, 2017 to 2025. In 2025 it ranked #45.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #45 |
| Best rank | #40 (2021) |
| Years in the top 100 | 9 (2017 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #43 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Emilia alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Emilia were born in California than in any other state: about 10,025 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Emilia was given 2.2 times as often in New Mexico, 1.8 times in District of Columbia and 1.7 times in Connecticut.
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