Emelina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- em-a-LEE-na
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #2,859 for girls
Emelina is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “work; industrious”. In 2025 it ranked 2,859th for girls in the US (59 babies).
What does Emelina mean?
Germanic: Spanish and Polish form of Emmeline, from amal 'work'
“work; industrious”
The English form Emmeline is famous from Emmeline Pankhurst, leader of the British suffragette movement.
Is Emelina a girl's or a boy's name?
Emelina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 59 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Emelina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,859th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 59 about 1 in 27,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 77% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 59 girls in the US were named Emelina, making it the 2,859th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. It first appears in the records in 1919.
2025 had the most girls named Emelina of any year since it first appeared, in 1919.
Half of all the girls named Emelina in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 86 girls in the US were given Emelina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,881, up from #2,859 for this spelling alone.
Emelina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59 | #2,859 |
| 2024 | 41 | #3,695 |
| 2023 | 43 | #3,584 |
| 2022 | 32 | #4,376 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,960 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,310 |
| 2019 | 32 | #4,342 |
| 2018 | 26 | #5,003 |
| 2017 | 33 | #4,303 |
| 2016 | 31 | #4,530 |
| 2015 | 32 | #4,402 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 31 | #4,541 |
| 2012 | 28 | #4,955 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,725 |
| 2010 | 35 | #4,179 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 26 | #5,431 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,193 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,284 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,653 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,217 |
Nicknames for Emelina
Names like Emelina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elianna, Eliana, Evelina, Emery, Emilia, Isabella, Arabella, Emma, Eliora, Elora, Amelia, Adelina
Other spellings of Emelina
Names related to Emelina
More Germanic names
Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Alice, Myles
Sources
Figures from 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, “Emelina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/emelina, updated 20 October 2026.