Emilia
Emilia was the 45th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 4,677 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 40th with 4,854 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 100 places. More babies were named Emilia in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning from the Roman family name Aemilius · Latin
Say it ih-MEE-lee-uh /ɪˈmiliə/
- Rank in 2025
- #45 girls, down 4 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 4,677girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 20214,854 babies
- Total since 1880
- 69,121babies recorded
What does the name Emilia mean?
Emilia is the Latin, Italian and Spanish form behind Emily: the feminine of the Roman family name Aemilius. Wiktionary calls it a rare Latinized variant in English, but it has become common in the US in recent years. Like Emily, it is often mixed up with Amelia, which comes from a different Germanic root.
Aemilia (Latin, “feminine of Aemilius”)
How sure is this? Probable.
See also: Latin names.
Sources for this meaning
Nicknames for Emilia
The usual nicknames for Emilia are Millie, Emmy, Mila and Em. Some parents skip the long form: for every 100 girls named Emilia in the last five years, 123 were named Mila, against 30 twenty years earlier.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Girls, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millie · also for Amelia, Emily, Camille | Traditional | #73 | 12,731 |
| Emmy · also for Emily, Emma, Emersyn | Modern | #445 | 3,181 |
| Mila · also for Camila | Modern | #43 | 29,024 |
| Em · also for Emily, Emma, Emersyn | Modern | — | — |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are girls given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Emilias go by each one.
Emilia popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 45 since 2018, 5 in 2025.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #45 | 4,677 |
| 2020 | #41 | 4,786 |
| 2010 | #348 | 927 |
| 2000 | #626 | 402 |
| 1990 | #983 | 188 |
| 1980 | #1,163 | 116 |
| 1970 | #1,336 | 79 |
| 1960 | #1,356 | 66 |
| 1950 | #1,149 | 65 |
| 1940 | #881 | 66 |
| 1930 | #636 | 119 |
| 1920 | #699 | 109 |
| 1910 | #666 | 41 |
| 1900 | #559 | 38 |
| 1890 | #606 | 19 |
| 1880 | #598 | 9 |
How popular is Emilia, counting every spelling?
Emilia is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #53 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #45 for Emilia on its own. Together these spellings went to 4,733 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emilia | 4,677 | #45 | 23,552 |
| Emillia | 18 | #6,390 | 95 |
| Emylia | 20 | #5,977 | 79 |
| Emiliah | 7 | #12,284 | 41 |
| Emmilia | 11 | #9,034 | 41 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Emilia?
4,677 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Emilia (1.30 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Emilia born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is about 1 in 41. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 2 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Emilia.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Emilia?
About 64,500 people born in the US named Emilia are alive today, with a median age of 7; half are between 4 and 13. That makes Emilia a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Emilia by state
How common Emilia was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in District of Columbia (2.6×), Rhode Island (2.4×), Vermont (2.2×), Wyoming (2.2×), Connecticut (2.1×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in Mississippi, Kentucky, Louisiana.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Emilia: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Emilia, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Emilia · Sibling names for Emilia
Questions about the name Emilia
What does Emilia mean?
Emilia means “from the Roman family name Aemilius” (Latin origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Emilia?
Emilia was the 45th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 4,677 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 40th with 4,854 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 100 places. More babies were named Emilia in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Emilia a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Emilia in the US.
Where is Emilia most popular?
In 2021–2025, Emilia was most common in District of Columbia (7.42 per 1,000 girls), followed by Rhode Island and Vermont.