Emillia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- e-MEE-lee-a
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
Emillia is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “rival”. In 2025 it ranked 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Emillia mean?
Latin: spelling of Emilia; 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.
Meaning borrowed from Emilia. More on Wiktionary.
Is Emillia a girl's or a boy's name?
Emillia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Emillia in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Emillia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Emillia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,812 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
How popular is Emillia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,324th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Emillia, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,001st. Its busiest year was 2019, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Emillia in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 5,238 girls in the US were given Emillia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #47, up from #6,324 for this spelling alone.
Emillia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,394 |
| 2020 | 25 | #5,001 |
| 2019 | 26 | #5,039 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
Nicknames for Emillia
Names like Emillia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Olivia, Amelia, Isabella, Arabella, Aurelia, Eliana, Isla, Freya, Ellie, Luna, Natalia, Aria
Other spellings of Emillia
Names related to Emillia
Emily, Emilie, Emili, Emilly, Emila, Emiliya, Amillia, Emillie
More Latin names
Oliver, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Florence, Mabel, Nora, Rosie, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara, Anthony, Austin, Felix
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, “Emillia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/emillia, updated 20 October 2026.