Emilija
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- e-MIL-ee-ya
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,690 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Emilija is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “rival”. In 2025 it ranked 1,690th for girls in the UK (18 babies) and 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Emilija mean?
Latin: form of Emilia, from the Roman name Aemilia
“rival”
Form of Emilia used in Lithuanian and in South Slavic languages such as Croatian and Serbian.
Is Emilija a girl's or a boy's name?
Emilija is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the UK and 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Emilija in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,690th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 63% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the UK were named Emilija, making it the 1,690th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,033rd. Its busiest year was 2014, with 91 girls.
Half of all the girls named Emilija in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,639th in England and Wales.
Emilija in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,690 |
| 2024 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,329 |
| 2022 | 18 | #1,730 |
| 2021 | 23 | #1,448 |
| 2020 | 35 | #1,033 |
| 2019 | 49 | #822 |
| 2018 | 47 | #860 |
| 2017 | 63 | #710 |
| 2016 | 60 | #736 |
| 2015 | 74 | #624 |
| 2014 | 91 | #522 |
| 2013 | 87 | #534 |
| 2012 | 84 | #555 |
| 2011 | 65 | #671 |
| 2010 | 55 | #727 |
| 2009 | 34 | #1,019 |
| 2008 | 33 | #1,015 |
| 2007 | 40 | #868 |
| 2006 | 24 | #1,188 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
How popular is Emilija in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 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, 5 girls in the US were named Emilija, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
2025 had fewer girls named Emilija than any year since 1997.
Half of all the girls named Emilija in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Emilija in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
Names like Emilija
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eliana, Arabella, Isabella, Luna, Isla, Safa, Eliza, Lyra, Olivia, Valentina, Liliana, Zara
More Latin names
Oliver, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, 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, “Emilija: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/emilija, updated 20 October 2026.