Emmilee
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EM-i-lee
- Origin
- Latin
Emmilee is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “rival”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Emmilee mean?
Latin: spelling of Emily; English form of the Roman name Aemilia
“rival”
English form of the Roman name Aemilia, borne by novelist Emily Brontë and poet Emily Dickinson.
Meaning borrowed from Emily. More on Wiktionary.
Is Emmilee a girl's or a boy's name?
Emmilee is a girls' name.
How popular is Emmilee in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the girls named Emmilee in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Emmilee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
Nicknames for Emmilee
Names like Emmilee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emily, Emely, Emma, Ellie, Eliza, Isabelle, Caroline, Annabelle, Chloe, Julia, Lillian, Paulina
Names related to Emmilee
Emilie, Emilee, Emmalee, Emmelia, Emalee, Emmily, Emmalie, Emmilia
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara
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, “Emmilee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/emmilee, updated 20 October 2026.