Emila
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- eh-MEE-la
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Emila is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “rival”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Emila mean?
Latin: feminine of Emil, from Aemilius
“rival”
From the Roman family name Aemilius, probably from Latin aemulus 'rival'.
Is Emila a girl's or a boy's name?
Emila is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Emila in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,856th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 100% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Emila, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Emila of any year since it first appeared, in 2011.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Emila in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
How popular is Emila in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,104th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Emila, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1919.
Half of all the girls named Emila in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Emila in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,812 |
Nicknames for Emila
- Emi 31 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Emila
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tiaraoluwa, Eriifeoluwa, Ireoluwa, Araoluwa, Adesuwa, Inioluwa, Imisioluwa, Morireoluwa, Anjolaoluwa, Ifeoluwa, Chioma, Temiloluwa
Names related to Emila
Emily, Emilia, Emelia, Emilie, Amila, Emilee, Emili, Emilly, Ameila
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara, Anthony
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, “Emila: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/emila, updated 20 October 2026.