Emileigh
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EM-ih-lee
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Emileigh is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “rival”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Emileigh mean?
Latin: variant spelling of Emily, from Aemilia
“rival”
Emily comes from the Roman family name Aemilius; Emily Bronte, author of Wuthering Heights, is a famous bearer.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Emileigh a girl's or a boy's name?
Emileigh is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Emileigh in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Emileigh in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Emileigh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 2 | #7,433 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 2 | #7,531 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
How popular is Emileigh in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Emileigh, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,878th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 61 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Emileigh than any year since 1986.
Half of all the girls named Emileigh in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 701 girls in the US were given Emileigh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #454, up from #14,937 for this spelling alone.
Emileigh in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 24 | #5,233 |
| 2020 | 26 | #4,878 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,445 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 36 | #4,065 |
| 2016 | 43 | #3,588 |
| 2015 | 40 | #3,766 |
| 2014 | 40 | #3,776 |
| 2013 | 61 | #2,803 |
| 2012 | 48 | #3,363 |
| 2011 | 49 | #3,302 |
| 2010 | 51 | #3,202 |
| 2009 | 49 | #3,360 |
| 2008 | 47 | #3,477 |
| 2007 | 60 | #2,964 |
| 2006 | 47 | #3,413 |
| 2005 | 61 | #2,727 |
| 2004 | 50 | #3,067 |
| 2003 | 56 | #2,768 |
| 2002 | 56 | #2,706 |
| 2001 | 46 | #3,042 |
| 2000 | 42 | #3,212 |
| 1999 | 49 | #2,779 |
| 1998 | 45 | #2,886 |
| 1997 | 37 | #3,158 |
| 1996 | 33 | #3,424 |
| 1995 | 32 | #3,417 |
| 1994 | 32 | #3,443 |
| 1993 | 29 | #3,676 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
Nicknames for Emileigh
Names like Emileigh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emily, Delilah, Olivia, Aurora, Francesca, Sienna, Fatima, Eliana, Annabelle, Amelie, Eden, Ellie
Other spellings of Emileigh
Emely, Emeli, Emelie, Emmaleigh, Emmely, Emelly, Emaleigh, Emiley
Names related to Emileigh
More Latin names
Oliver, Leo, Roman, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara, Anthony, Austin
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, “Emileigh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/emileigh, updated 20 October 2026.