How rare is the name Emilia?

47,586 people in the United States have the first name Emilia, about 1 in 6,347. It ranks #935 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

EMILIA

#935

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
47,586
About
1 in 6,347
This common or more
69.1%
Who bears it

Of the 47,586 people named Emilia, 45.8% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 44.8% as White and 3.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Emilia peaked in 2021, when 4,854 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2021
Births that year
4,854
In 2025*
4,682 ▼4%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 69,121 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.

Emilia by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #116. The largest share of babies named Emilia, 71.8%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#1,082133
1890s#968238
1900s#902376
1910s#1,144895
1920s#1,2141,212
1930s#1,398798
1940s#1,711691
1950s#2,043686
1960s#2,129718
1970s#2,337726
1980s#1,8231,360
1990s#1,5972,209
2000s#8946,348
2010s#30724,360
2020s#11628,371
Before 19010.6%
Greatest Generation 1901–273.2%
Silent Generation 1928–452%
Baby boom 1946–642%
Generation X 1965–801.7%
Millennials 1981–963.9%
Generation Z 1997–1214.8%
2013 and later71.8%

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 Emilia is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Emilia has been most common in Nevada (2.2×), Arizona (1.9×), and New Mexico (1.7×), and least common in Mississippi (0.16×).

65,029 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.

Spelled almost the same

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

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