How rare is the name Emiliano?

24,489 people in the United States have the first name Emiliano, about 1 in 12,333. It ranks #1,410 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

EMILIANO

#1,410

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
24,489
About
1 in 12,333
This common or more
74.5%
Who bears it

Of the 24,489 people named Emiliano, 94.9% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 2.8% as White and 1.6% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Emiliano peaked in 2025, when 3,701 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18852025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
3,701
In 2025*
3,701
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 42,849 babies have been given the name since 1885. 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.

Emiliano by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #239. The largest share of babies named Emiliano, 67.3%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#2,9576
1910s#9,47512
1920s#5,41198
1930s#5,59872
1940s#5,77577
1950s#5,321119
1960s#4,636181
1970s#3,086471
1980s#3,609462
1990s#2,746956
2000s#7787,739
2010s#44416,094
2020s#23916,562
Before 19010%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.2%
Silent Generation 1928–450.3%
Baby boom 1946–640.5%
Generation X 1965–801.5%
Millennials 1981–962.2%
Generation Z 1997–1228%
2013 and later67.3%

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 Emiliano is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Emiliano has been most common in Nevada (4.8×), Arizona (4.1×), and California (3.4×), and least common in Mississippi (0.06×).

41,089 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

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

Also a last name

As a last name, Emiliano ranks #37,492 of 156,621, with 638 people. See Emiliano as a last name

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