Aemilia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- eh-MEE-lee-uh
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Aemilia is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “rival”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Aemilia mean?
Latin: feminine of the Roman family name Aemilius
“rival”
Aemilia is the Latin original of Emily and Emilia; it is also the Abbess's name in Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors.
Is Aemilia a girl's or a boy's name?
Aemilia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aemilia in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 6 girls.
Half of all the girls named Aemilia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aemilia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
How popular is Aemilia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Aemilia, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the girls named Aemilia in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aemilia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
Nicknames for Aemilia
Names like Aemilia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emilia Amelia Aurelia Olivia Arabella Aria Anabia Luna Isla Isabella Ariella Ayra
Names related to Aemilia
More Latin names
Oliver Leo Roman Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Nora Rosie Max Nova Lucy Julian Clara Anthony Austin
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aemilia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aemilia, updated 20 October 2026.