Emile
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- e-MEEL
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,055 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,091 for boys
Emile is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “rival”. In 2025 it ranked 1,055th for boys in the UK (31 babies) and 2,091st for boys in the US (70 babies).
What does Emile mean?
Latin: French form of the Roman family name Aemilius
“rival”
French Émile, known from Jean-Jacques Rousseau's 1762 book on education, Émile.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Emile a girl's or a boy's name?
Emile is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 31 boys in the UK and 70 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Emile in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,055th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 31 about 1 in 9,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 31 boys in the UK were named Emile, making it the 1,055th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,356th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 42 boys.
Half of all the boys named Emile in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2022, 17% of the babies named Emile in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 976th in England and Wales.
Emile in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #1,055 |
| 2024 | 40 | #863 |
| 2023 | 28 | #1,131 |
| 2022 | 25 | #1,181 |
| 2021 | 30 | #1,064 |
| 2020 | 20 | #1,356 |
| 2019 | 24 | #1,193 |
| 2018 | 25 | #1,173 |
| 2017 | 19 | #1,428 |
| 2016 | 20 | #1,403 |
| 2015 | 22 | #1,268 |
| 2014 | 25 | #1,162 |
| 2013 | 35 | #919 |
| 2012 | 34 | #957 |
| 2011 | 23 | #1,203 |
| 2010 | 27 | #1,085 |
| 2009 | 28 | #1,032 |
| 2008 | 28 | #1,020 |
| 2007 | 23 | #1,139 |
| 2006 | 21 | #1,131 |
| 2005 | 19 | #1,180 |
| 2004 | 25 | #921 |
| 2003 | 29 | #790 |
| 2002 | 42 | #556 |
| 2001 | 29 | #691 |
| 2000 | 25 | #763 |
| 1999 | 22 | #807 |
| 1998 | 20 | #844 |
| 1997 | 26 | #690 |
| 1996 | 18 | #852 |
How popular is Emile in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,091st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 70 about 1 in 24,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 70 boys in the US were named Emile, making it the 2,091st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,996th. Its busiest year was 1922, with 167 boys.
Half of all the boys named Emile in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 1975, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2018, 9% of the babies named Emile in the US were girls.
Emile in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70 | #2,091 |
| 2024 | 83 | #1,902 |
| 2023 | 66 | #2,172 |
| 2022 | 72 | #2,082 |
| 2021 | 83 | #1,852 |
| 2020 | 71 | #1,996 |
| 2019 | 65 | #2,169 |
| 2018 | 60 | #2,261 |
| 2017 | 66 | #2,090 |
| 2016 | 60 | #2,228 |
| 2015 | 55 | #2,354 |
| 2014 | 52 | #2,427 |
| 2013 | 46 | #2,592 |
| 2012 | 40 | #2,903 |
| 2011 | 35 | #3,163 |
| 2010 | 32 | #3,376 |
| 2009 | 49 | #2,559 |
| 2008 | 49 | #2,541 |
| 2007 | 41 | #2,866 |
| 2006 | 34 | #3,152 |
| 2005 | 44 | #2,524 |
| 2004 | 39 | #2,693 |
| 2003 | 34 | #2,843 |
| 2002 | 42 | #2,399 |
| 2001 | 33 | #2,792 |
| 2000 | 31 | #2,858 |
| 1999 | 25 | #3,178 |
| 1998 | 36 | #2,391 |
| 1997 | 26 | #2,899 |
| 1996 | 27 | #2,742 |
| 1995 | 43 | #1,950 |
| 1994 | 38 | #2,118 |
| 1993 | 29 | #2,503 |
| 1992 | 32 | #2,298 |
| 1991 | 39 | #1,946 |
| 1990 | 25 | #2,623 |
| 1989 | 23 | #2,684 |
| 1988 | 40 | #1,726 |
| 1987 | 33 | #1,892 |
| 1986 | 23 | #2,358 |
| 1985 | 33 | #1,793 |
| 1984 | 28 | #1,932 |
| 1983 | 31 | #1,786 |
| 1982 | 38 | #1,595 |
| 1981 | 44 | #1,432 |
| 1980 | 35 | #1,655 |
| 1979 | 36 | #1,598 |
| 1978 | 38 | #1,508 |
| 1977 | 30 | #1,743 |
| 1976 | 39 | #1,427 |
| 1975 | 36 | #1,478 |
| 1974 | 39 | #1,370 |
| 1973 | 36 | #1,400 |
| 1972 | 37 | #1,391 |
| 1971 | 44 | #1,254 |
| 1970 | 57 | #1,080 |
| 1969 | 40 | #1,252 |
| 1968 | 47 | #1,083 |
| 1967 | 42 | #1,150 |
| 1966 | 43 | #1,131 |
| 1965 | 48 | #1,064 |
| 1964 | 55 | #1,016 |
| 1963 | 57 | #1,004 |
| 1962 | 63 | #952 |
| 1961 | 69 | #914 |
| 1960 | 56 | #1,020 |
| 1959 | 70 | #913 |
| 1958 | 74 | #876 |
| 1957 | 51 | #1,062 |
| 1956 | 78 | #848 |
| 1955 | 57 | #994 |
| 1954 | 63 | #932 |
| 1953 | 69 | #862 |
| 1952 | 74 | #813 |
| 1951 | 66 | #856 |
| 1950 | 69 | #818 |
| 1949 | 80 | #769 |
| 1948 | 82 | #743 |
| 1947 | 108 | #663 |
| 1946 | 73 | #777 |
| 1945 | 76 | #699 |
| 1944 | 82 | #687 |
| 1943 | 86 | #692 |
| 1942 | 87 | #687 |
| 1941 | 84 | #665 |
| 1940 | 72 | #718 |
| 1939 | 92 | #605 |
| 1938 | 93 | #615 |
| 1937 | 85 | #637 |
| 1936 | 91 | #611 |
| 1935 | 85 | #641 |
| 1934 | 76 | #697 |
| 1933 | 97 | #588 |
| 1932 | 112 | #558 |
| 1931 | 119 | #532 |
| 1930 | 121 | #546 |
| 1929 | 112 | #557 |
| 1928 | 121 | #554 |
| 1927 | 137 | #522 |
| 1926 | 131 | #528 |
| 1925 | 140 | #516 |
| 1924 | 147 | #519 |
| 1923 | 158 | #485 |
| 1922 | 167 | #478 |
| 1921 | 165 | #476 |
| 1920 | 142 | #511 |
| 1919 | 150 | #486 |
| 1918 | 153 | #480 |
| 1917 | 138 | #490 |
| 1916 | 136 | #485 |
| 1915 | 127 | #492 |
| 1914 | 121 | #438 |
| 1913 | 95 | #436 |
| 1912 | 76 | #450 |
| 1911 | 54 | #385 |
| 1910 | 43 | #407 |
| 1909 | 36 | #408 |
| 1908 | 33 | #413 |
| 1907 | 23 | #486 |
| 1906 | 21 | #489 |
| 1905 | 31 | #370 |
| 1904 | 28 | #390 |
| 1903 | 23 | #411 |
| 1902 | 18 | #507 |
| 1901 | 20 | #422 |
| 1900 | 31 | #402 |
| 1899 | 23 | #384 |
| 1898 | 31 | #345 |
| 1897 | 24 | #384 |
| 1896 | 34 | #323 |
| 1895 | 21 | #426 |
| 1894 | 26 | #358 |
| 1893 | 25 | #359 |
| 1892 | 28 | #357 |
| 1891 | 14 | #476 |
| 1890 | 21 | #389 |
| 1889 | 27 | #338 |
| 1888 | 21 | #404 |
| 1887 | 21 | #356 |
| 1886 | 25 | #336 |
| 1885 | 19 | #411 |
| 1884 | 28 | #331 |
| 1883 | 23 | #346 |
| 1882 | 37 | #283 |
| 1881 | 20 | #375 |
| 1880 | 12 | #526 |
Names like Emile
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ollie, Leo, Archie, Ellis, Louie, Theodore, George, Charlie, Arthur, Otis, Felix, Otto
Names related to Emile
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara
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, “Emile: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/emile, updated 20 October 2026.