Emilia

What Emilia means

Variant of Emily, meaning “rival, emulator”

variant of Emily || English form of Latin Aemilia, a gens name from aemulus (“rival, emulator”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Emilia” (revision 93848165) and “Emily” (revision 94539086), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Emilia?

US: Rising: up from #145 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #45 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2020, when 4,786 girls got the name (#41 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 344 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 304 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 275 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WY (9.86 per 1,000 girls), DE (7.54 per 1,000 girls), DC (7.43 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Emilia is #45 in the US and #51 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9% of US babies named Emilia were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Amelia12,699 US · 2,153 E&W
• Amalia530 US · 80 E&W
• Emelia488 US · 65 E&W
• Emilie170 US · 65 E&W
• Amilia158 US · 10 E&W
• Emmelia37 US
• Amillia27 US
• Emelie25 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Emilia

Girls

• Aurora#15Italian, from Latin Aurōra, meaning “dawn, sunrise”^*
• Nova#46“new”^*
• Zara#212“flower”^*
• Luna#27“the moon”^*
• Lucia#83Variant of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Lucille#237Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1920, with 7,989 babies; 1,314 in 2025

For a brother

• Leo#19“lion”^*
• Roman#42Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #42 in 2025
• Bennett#40Form of Benedict, meaning “blessed, well spoken of”^*
• Augustus#407“majestic, venerable”^*
• Cassius#582Editor’s note Up from #644 in 2015 to #582 in 2025 in the US
• August#81“month of August”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Latin, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Emilia’s. Rank is US 2025.