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Emelia

Gender
Girl
Say it
e-MEE-lee-a
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#582 for girls
US rank, 2025
#601 for girls

Emelia is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “rival”. In 2025 it ranked 582nd for girls in the UK (73 babies) and 601st for girls in the US (488 babies).

What does Emelia mean?

Latin: variant of Emilia, from the Roman family name Aemilius

“rival”

Variant of Emilia; often confused with Amelia, which is a separate name of Germanic origin.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Emelia a girl's or a boy's name?

Emelia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 73 girls in the UK and 488 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Emelia in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#582among girls
Babies in 2025
73about 1 in 3,800 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 53% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 73 girls in the UK were named Emelia, making it the 582nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 332nd. Its busiest year was 2012, with 336 girls.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Emelia than any year since 2000.

Half of all the girls named Emelia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,001 girls in the UK were given Emelia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #54, up from #582 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 596th in England and Wales, 632nd in Scotland and 334th in Northern Ireland.

1996Busiest: 336 in 20122025
Emelia in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202573#582
202483#525
202392#475
2022137#354
2021152#344
2020148#332
2019179#298
2018198#274
2017192#284
2016250#228
2015299#197
2014299#199
2013302#195
2012336#169
2011228#249
2010156#331
2009135#360
2008134#374
2007123#379
2006105#423
2005120#368
2004103#396
200382#461
200287#419
200175#454
200073#462
199971#466
199858#542
199749#599
199623#958

How popular is Emelia in the US?

Rank in 2025
#601among girls
Babies in 2025
488about 1 in 3,300 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 22% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 488 girls in the US were named Emelia, making it the 601st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 452nd. Its busiest year was 2019, with 701 girls.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Emelia than any year since 2014.

Half of all the girls named Emelia in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 5,238 girls in the US were given Emelia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #47, up from #601 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 701 in 20192025
Emelia in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025488#601
2024528#574
2023570#533
2022598#521
2021663#470
2020683#452
2019701#443
2018654#480
2017575#539
2016532#583
2015509#591
2014463#619
2013438#645
2012411#685
2011366#752
2010339#805
2009316#872
2008282#955
2007222#1,152
2006247#1,036
2005210#1,121
2004220#1,050
2003189#1,145
2002162#1,235
2001115#1,599
2000114#1,556
199988#1,801
199890#1,749
199779#1,861
199678#1,862
199569#1,977
199461#2,183
199362#2,147
199257#2,290
199162#2,130
199053#2,340
198942#2,652
198839#2,695
198737#2,655
198640#2,469
198526#3,327
198429#2,991
198327#3,064
198221#3,779
198125#3,340
198024#3,411
197916#4,419
197813#4,931
197715#4,424
197612#4,903
197512#4,852
197412#4,719
197313#4,361
197215#3,894
197111#4,808
19707#6,361
19699#5,056
196813#3,788
196713#3,655
19668#4,865
196513#3,548
196418#2,999
196316#3,175
196217#3,032
196114#3,459
196013#3,511
195913#3,435
195818#2,754
195725#2,217
195615#3,047
195519#2,552
195415#2,888
195319#2,430
195225#2,022
195117#2,473
195023#2,001
194919#2,273
194825#1,900
194715#2,636
194620#2,093
194519#1,940
194420#1,915
194319#1,993
194220#1,916
194119#1,882
194018#1,899
193914#2,206
193827#1,437
193719#1,784
193618#1,801
193523#1,550
193418#1,834
193328#1,364
193220#1,753
193116#2,023
193041#1,161
192939#1,195
192827#1,540
192740#1,233
192634#1,356
192548#1,101
192454#1,058
192344#1,158
192254#1,022
192158#969
192047#1,087
191944#1,103
191857#948
191754#945
191648#993
191552#917
191441#919
191336#881
191226#1,003
191121#958
191030#781
190922#868
190828#729
190716#945
190631#642
190517#900
190416#910
190322#712
190225#667
190127#603
190025#725
189928#578
189826#631
189722#660
189624#635
189527#578
189426#568
189333#464
189222#590
189131#457
189034#435
188913#724
188833#431
188727#424
188619#508
188529#380
188412#614
188329#331
188217#446
188110#539
188012#492

Nicknames for Emelia

Names like Emelia

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Olivia Amelia Aurelia Eliza Isabella Sophia Cecilia Ophelia Luna Arabella Lucia Ella

Other spellings of Emelia

Emilia Emiliia Emmelia Emillia Emmilia Emiliah

Names related to Emelia

Emel Emelie Emila Emely Emeli Emylia Emalia Emelly

More Latin names

Oliver Leo Roman Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Nora Rosie Max Nova Lucy Julian Clara Anthony Austin

Every Latin name

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, “Emelia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/emelia, updated 20 October 2026.