Emilliano
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- e-mee-lee-AH-noh
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #4,856 for boys
Emilliano is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “rival”. In 2025 it ranked 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Emilliano mean?
Latin: spelling of Emiliano; Spanish and Italian, from Roman Aemilianus
“rival”
Emiliano Zapata was a leading figure of the Mexican Revolution; the root is the Roman family name Aemilius.
Meaning borrowed from Emiliano.
Is Emilliano a girl's or a boy's name?
Emilliano is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Emilliano in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,856th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Emilliano, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the boys named Emilliano in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,726 boys in the US were given Emilliano or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #103, up from #4,856 for this spelling alone.
- Emiliano 3,701
- Emilliano 20
- Emmiliano 5
Emilliano in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 23 | #4,452 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
Names like Emilliano
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maximiliano, Enzo, Benicio, Kylo, Elio, Eliam, Eliano, Santino, Milo, Valentino, Elian, Theo
Other spellings of Emilliano
Names related to Emilliano
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
Sources
Figures from 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, “Emilliano: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/emilliano, updated 20 October 2026.