Emili
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EM-i-lee
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,171 for girls
Emili is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “rival”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 4,171st for girls in the US (34 babies).
What does Emili mean?
Latin: spelling of Emily; English form of the Roman name Aemilia
“rival”
English form of the Roman name Aemilia, borne by novelist Emily Brontë and poet Emily Dickinson.
Meaning borrowed from Emily. More on Wiktionary.
Is Emili a girl's or a boy's name?
Emili is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 34 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Emili in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Emili, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 17 girls.
Half of all the girls named Emili in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,342 girls in the UK were given Emili or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #40, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Emili in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,323 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 15 | #2,015 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 13 | #2,189 |
| 2013 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
How popular is Emili in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,171among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 34about 1 in 47,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 75% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 34 girls in the US were named Emili, making it the 4,171st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 112 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had more girls named Emili than any year since 2014.
Half of all the girls named Emili in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 5,910 girls in the US were given Emili or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #38, up from #4,171 for this spelling alone.
Emili in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #4,171 |
| 2024 | 30 | #4,558 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 32 | #4,402 |
| 2014 | 37 | #4,001 |
| 2013 | 36 | #4,074 |
| 2012 | 33 | #4,385 |
| 2011 | 50 | #3,266 |
| 2010 | 57 | #2,975 |
| 2009 | 51 | #3,251 |
| 2008 | 81 | #2,380 |
| 2007 | 93 | #2,147 |
| 2006 | 112 | #1,825 |
| 2005 | 106 | #1,837 |
| 2004 | 82 | #2,172 |
| 2003 | 93 | #1,946 |
| 2002 | 88 | #1,982 |
| 2001 | 84 | #2,009 |
| 2000 | 66 | #2,328 |
| 1999 | 65 | #2,280 |
| 1998 | 53 | #2,567 |
| 1997 | 56 | #2,357 |
| 1996 | 52 | #2,447 |
| 1995 | 42 | #2,840 |
| 1994 | 48 | #2,580 |
| 1993 | 42 | #2,820 |
| 1992 | 31 | #3,497 |
| 1991 | 23 | #4,323 |
| 1990 | 26 | #3,904 |
| 1989 | 24 | #4,014 |
| 1988 | 20 | #4,303 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,721 |
| 1985 | 15 | #4,858 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,883 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
Nicknames for Emili
Names like Emili
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Remi Fatima Olivia Sienna Eliana Amelie Maddison Sophia Eleni Aurora Eliza Isabella
Other spellings of Emili
Emily Emilie Emilee Emilly Emmalee Emalee Emmily Emillie Emmaly
Names related to Emili
More Latin names
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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, “Emili: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/emili, updated 20 October 2026.