How rare is the name Emile?

5,190 people in the United States have the first name Emile, about 1 in 58,195. It ranks #3,808 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

EMILE

#3,808

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,190
About
1 in 58,195
This common or more
83.1%
Who bears it

Of the 5,190 people named Emile, 57.3% reported their origin as White, 25.5% as Black and 8.6% as Hispanic or Latino. 86.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Emile peaked in 1921, when 171 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1921
Births that year
171
In 2025*
70 ▼59%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 9,289 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.

Emile by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #777. The largest share of babies named Emile, 28.3%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#777233
1890s#944252
1900s#1,088274
1910s#9931,142
1920s#1,0881,482
1930s#1,2351,000
1940s#1,529851
1950s#2,031696
1960s#2,507532
1970s#3,276426
1980s#3,683449
1990s#4,523458
2000s#5,327506
2010s#5,341543
2020s#4,325445
Before 19015.6%
Greatest Generation 1901–2728.3%
Silent Generation 1928–4518.7%
Baby boom 1946–6414.7%
Generation X 1965–807.5%
Millennials 1981–967.9%
Generation Z 1997–128%
2013 and later9.4%

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 Emile is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Emile has been most common in Louisiana (25×), Rhode Island (13×), and Maine (13×), and least common in Texas (0.19×).

4,887 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 Emile

1 other first name also has 5,190 people.

#3,808 Yuriy · 5,190

Either side of Emile

#3,806 Jaya · 5,196#3,807 Destin · 5,191#3,808 Yuriy · 5,190#3,810 Venessa · 5,189

Spelled almost the same

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

#44 Emily · 755,529#1,577 Emilie · 20,479#1,582 Emilee · 20,367#2,007 Emil · 13,668#7,829 Emili · 1,902#9,084 Emiley · 1,559#15,849 Emilo · 720#20,005 Emila · 521

Also a last name

As a last name, Emile ranks #20,083 of 156,621, with 1,341 people. See Emile as a last name

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