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Emilia

Gender
Girl
Say it
e-MEE-lee-a
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#52 for girls
US rank, 2025
#45 for girls

Emilia is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “rival”. In 2025 it ranked 52nd for girls in the UK (919 babies) and 45th for girls in the US (4,677 babies).

What does Emilia mean?

Latin: feminine of the Roman family name Aemilius

“rival”

Feminine of the Roman family name Aemilius; in Shakespeare's Othello, Emilia is Iago's wife and Desdemona's outspoken companion.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Emilia a girl's or a boy's name?

Emilia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 919 girls in the UK and 4,677 girls and 5 boys in the US.

How popular is Emilia in the UK?

Rank in 2025
52nd among girls
Babies in 2025
919 about 1 in 300 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 33% in five years
Same name in a class
4.5% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 919 girls in the UK were named Emilia, making it the 52nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 31st. Its busiest year was 2019, with 1,592 girls.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Emilia than any year since 2009.

Half of all the girls named Emilia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,001 girls in the UK were given Emilia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #54.

Among girls in 2025, it was 51st in England and Wales, 62nd in Scotland and 94th in Northern Ireland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2014 (#56) and 2024 (#45).

1996Busiest: 1,592 in 20192025
Emilia in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025919#52
20241,053#47
20231,110#45
20221,229#41
20211,463#33
20201,475#31
20191,592#33
20181,528#35
20171,508#37
20161,490#42
20151,340#49
20141,162#60
20131,036#63
20121,140#62
20111,072#62
2010925#79
2009723#91
2008634#98
2007487#128
2006374#160
2005353#170
2004357#166
2003277#193
2002266#175
2001246#188
2000314#162
1999234#210
1998193#243
1997173#254
199695#387

How popular is Emilia in the US?

Rank in 2025
45th among girls
Babies in 2025
4,677 about 1 in 340 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 3% in five years
Same name in a class
4% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 4,677 girls in the US were named Emilia, making it the 45th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 41st. Its busiest year was 2021, with 4,854 girls. 5 boys were also named Emilia in 2025 (12,003rd for boys).

Half of all the girls named Emilia in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 5,238 girls in the US were given Emilia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #47.

1880Busiest: 4,854 in 20212025
Emilia in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20254,677#45
20244,649#43
20234,687#42
20224,685#44
20214,854#40
20204,786#41
20194,774#44
20184,040#58
20173,596#77
20163,033#103
20152,225#145
20142,004#164
20131,564#205
20121,213#268
2011972#325
2010927#348
2009789#399
2008804#401
2007781#420
2006759#420
2005711#434
2004631#468
2003557#514
2002506#544
2001408#614
2000402#624
1999292#757
1998249#855
1997237#861
1996224#879
1995213#886
1994211#904
1993190#977
1992208#931
1991197#958
1990188#979
1989158#1,064
1988167#986
1987127#1,156
1986118#1,194
1985113#1,219
1984137#1,035
1983127#1,084
1982155#958
1981142#1,017
1980116#1,161
197978#1,503
197883#1,397
197777#1,440
197689#1,252
197572#1,439
197463#1,532
197361#1,527
197255#1,627
197169#1,473
197079#1,330
196968#1,402
196873#1,291
196771#1,281
196681#1,189
196565#1,366
196480#1,229
196366#1,361
196276#1,266
196172#1,304
196066#1,353
195962#1,357
195854#1,447
195762#1,343
195682#1,140
195570#1,196
195469#1,205
195374#1,129
195267#1,155
195181#1,030
195065#1,144
194969#1,076
194877#992
194792#925
194666#1,041
194554#1,060
194460#1,005
194362#1,006
194271#928
194174#845
194066#879
193968#848
193871#840
193773#804
193656#909
193564#861
193496#680
193380#736
193286#724
193185#728
1930119#634
1929107#678
1928111#664
1927123#651
1926119#662
1925130#639
1924143#628
1923129#649
1922119#665
1921122#667
1920109#698
1919112#660
1918117#653
1917120#624
1916112#638
1915119#599
191488#608
191396#519
191248#722
191142#667
191041#663
190949#541
190843#567
190750#507
190638#570
190533#609
190432#600
190341#496
190228#623
190124#645
190038#556
189930#550
189824#666
189728#567
189624#635
189524#622
189429#535
189321#630
189220#638
189119#608
189019#599
188918#600
188823#525
188710#733
188615#572
188514#576
188413#583
188316#480
18828#678
18817#679
18809#580

Nicknames for Emilia

Names like Emilia

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Aurora, Amelia, Eliza, Olivia, Luna, Isabella, Lyla, Arabella, Sophia, Thea, Elodie, Zara

Other spellings of Emilia

Emelia, Emiliia, Emmelia, Emillia, Emmilia, Emiliah

Names related to Emilia

Emily, Emilie, Amilia, Emilee, Emili, Emilly, Emila

More Latin names

Oliver, Leo, Roman, Florence, Mabel, Nora, Rosie, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara, Anthony, Austin, Felix, Camila

Every Latin name

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, “Emilia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/emilia, updated 20 October 2026.