Emelio
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- eh-MEE-lee-oh
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Emelio is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “rival, eager”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Emelio mean?
Latin: spelling of Emilio, from the Roman family name Aemilius
“rival, eager”
A spelling of Emilio, the Spanish and Italian form of the Roman family name Aemilius.
Is Emelio a girl's or a boy's name?
Emelio is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Emelio in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Emelio, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 1921, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the boys named Emelio in the US since 1880 were born between 1929 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Emelio in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 7 | #2,962 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,130 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 7 | #2,972 |
| 1933 | 8 | #2,737 |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,849 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,470 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,287 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,095 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,842 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,153 |
| 1924 | 10 | #2,821 |
| 1923 | 9 | #2,948 |
| 1922 | 10 | #2,800 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,264 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 1918 | 9 | #2,881 |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 8 | #2,925 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,081 |
Names like Emelio
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emilio Leo Elio Oliver Everett August Julius Emerson Aurelio Augustus Emmett Max
Names related to Emelio
More Latin names
Olivia Roman Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Luna Nora Rosie Emilia Nova Lucy Julian Clara Anthony Austin
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, “Emelio: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/emelio, updated 20 October 2026.