Emelia

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Emelia is ranked 573rd among girls in 2024 (527 births). Its best rank was 333rd, in 1883.

Rank in 2024: #573down 40 from 2023
Births in 2024: 5270.03% of girls
Peak year: 2019701 births
Best rank: #333in 1883
Since 1880: 13,537people given the name

Babies named Emelia, by year of birthgirls

The story in the numbers

13,537 girls have been named Emelia in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2019, with 701 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2013, and the 2010s alone account for 37%. It has spent 56 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Emelia
1880s	201
1890s	273
1900s	229
1910s	409
1920s	445
1930s	224
1940s	194
1950s	189
1960s	134
1970s	126
1980s	310
1990s	699
2000s	2,077
2010s	4,988
2020s	3,039

In 2019, its biggest year

Emelia was the 443rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2019 were Olivia, Emma, Ava, Sophia and Isabella. See all of 2019.

Names that rose and fell with Emelia

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.