Emiliya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- eh-MEE-lee-yuh
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Emiliya is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “rival”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Emiliya mean?
Latin: Slavic form of Emilia, from the Roman family name Aemilius
“rival”
The Bulgarian, Russian and Ukrainian form of Emilia, from the Roman clan name Aemilius, possibly linked to aemulus 'rival'.
Is Emiliya a girl's or a boy's name?
Emiliya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Emiliya in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 7 girls.
Emiliya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
How popular is Emiliya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Emiliya, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 2010.
Half of all the girls named Emiliya in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Emiliya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
Nicknames for Emiliya
Names like Emiliya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Ayra Abeeha Nusaybah Hafsa Safiya Anabia Liyana Irha Amira Zainab Aiza
Names related to Emiliya
Emily Emilia Emilie Emili Emilly Emila Emillie Emillia Emmily
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, “Emiliya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/emiliya, updated 20 October 2026.