How rare is the name Emelia?

10,301 people in the United States have the first name Emelia, about 1 in 29,321. It ranks #2,416 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

EMELIA

#2,416

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,301
About
1 in 29,321
This common or more
79.7%
Who bears it

Of the 10,301 people named Emelia, 58.4% reported their origin as White, 26.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.6% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Emelia peaked in 2019, when 701 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2019
Births that year
701
In 2025*
488 ▼30%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 14,028 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Emelia by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #844. The largest share of babies named Emelia, 52.8%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#844201
1890s#906273
1900s#1,215229
1910s#1,760409
1920s#2,095445
1930s#2,904224
1940s#3,448194
1950s#4,072189
1960s#5,490134
1970s#7,198126
1980s#4,734310
1990s#3,395699
2000s#2,0012,077
2010s#1,1514,988
2020s#1,0313,530
Before 19013.6%
Greatest Generation 1901–277.1%
Silent Generation 1928–452.9%
Baby boom 1946–642.5%
Generation X 1965–801.5%
Millennials 1981–965.2%
Generation Z 1997–1224.6%
2013 and later52.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Emelia is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Emelia has been most common in Oregon (2×), Washington (2×), and Arizona (1.9×), and least common in Mississippi (0.24×).

10,105 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Emelia

1 other first name also has 10,301 people.

#2,416 Raina · 10,301

Either side of Emelia

#2,414 Georgette · 10,303#2,414 Paloma · 10,303#2,416 Raina · 10,301#2,418 Elton · 10,295

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Emelia, most common first.

#935 Emilia · 47,586#7,349 Emelie · 2,085#10,160 Emeli · 1,326#18,408 Emelio · 586#24,534 Emmelia · 392#31,632 Emalia · 270

Compare