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Emilio

Boy · e-MEE-lee-oh · Latin

Emilio is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “rival”. In 2025 it ranked 567th for boys in the UK (75 babies) and 154th for boys in the US (2,397 babies).

What does Emilio mean?

Latin: from the Roman family name Aemilius

“rival”

Italian and Spanish form of the Roman family name Aemilius.

Say it
e-MEE-lee-oh

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

Emilio is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 75 boys in the UK and 2,397 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Emilio in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#567among boys
Babies in 2025
75about 1 in 4,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 16% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 75 boys in the UK were named Emilio, making it the 567th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 553rd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 95 boys.

Half of all the boys named Emilio in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2021. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

Among boys in 2025, it was 539th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 95 in 20232025
Emilio in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202575#567
202463#658
202395#458
202275#569
202175#577
202076#553
201974#568
201850#755
201749#763
201650#753
201546#776
201455#673
201354#685
201247#769
201139#849
201040#817
200941#782
200832#933
200742#742
200629#914
200529#866
200429#822
200332#737
200219#988
200120#913
200028#713
199930#654
199826#714
199734#571
199627#645

How popular is Emilio in the US?

Rank in 2025
#154among boys
Babies in 2025
2,397about 1 in 710 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 44% in five years
Same name in a class
1.9%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 2,397 boys in the US were named Emilio, making it the 154th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 229th. It first appears in the records in 1882.

It has been given to more boys each year for the last 10 years. 2025 had the most boys named Emilio of any year since it first appeared, in 1882.

Half of all the boys named Emilio in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

1882Busiest: 2,397 in 20252025
Emilio in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20252,397#154
20242,369#151
20232,015#181
20221,909#198
20211,744#219
20201,629#229
20191,579#240
20181,494#248
20171,398#261
20161,345#273
20151,191#304
20141,281#281
20131,180#297
20121,171#297
20111,090#302
20101,035#308
20091,027#312
20081,209#282
20071,248#275
20061,123#297
20051,217#274
20041,070#297
2003957#312
2002815#337
2001756#353
2000790#347
1999770#345
1998789#340
1997815#322
1996767#337
1995644#370
1994618#380
1993667#354
1992595#384
1991557#409
1990509#435
1989456#441
1988347#492
1987288#532
1986242#568
1985223#588
1984216#578
1983220#569
1982254#537
1981235#556
1980204#613
1979203#601
1978206#586
1977219#564
1976182#603
1975194#578
1974199#568
1973199#564
1972193#573
1971186#614
1970176#612
1969185#576
1968160#600
1967173#571
1966133#642
1965157#610
1964153#627
1963159#616
1962148#632
1961148#644
1960147#643
1959142#643
1958149#628
1957149#627
1956132#658
1955153#593
1954130#642
1953143#606
1952134#607
1951130#618
1950125#611
1949134#579
1948127#597
1947141#568
194699#648
1945102#599
1944119#554
1943101#633
194290#680
194191#640
194091#622
193988#621
1938102#579
193791#609
193698#581
1935113#543
1934126#522
1933120#515
1932135#493
1931139#484
1930175#445
1929146#486
1928178#451
1927141#512
1926130#533
1925164#472
1924166#479
1923139#515
1922117#597
1921115#592
1920123#551
191991#638
1918109#582
1917101#591
191699#581
191585#629
191482#543
191360#560
191250#568
191119#732
191021#634
190923#545
190816#657
190717#616
19069#852
19058#918
190414#612
19038#846
19027#932
190110#683
190015#648
18998#786
18980–
18970–
18965#1,100
18957#871
18940–
18935#1,034
18920–
18910–
18900–
18890–
18880–
18870–
18865#959
18850–
18847#764
18835#891
18826#836

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