Emillia
A feminine name of Latin origin meaning "to strive" or "rival".
Name Census estimates that about 338 living Americans carry the first name Emillia. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Emillia today is around 11 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Emillia births was 2019 (26 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Emillia. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Emillia with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
338
~ 1 in 1,014,066 Americans
Peak year
2019
26 babies that year
Average age
11
years old
2024 SSA rank
#8,573
Tracked since 1997
Census
Emillia in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 291 people with the first name Emillia, which placed it at #30,113 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#30,113
National first-name rank
People counted
291
291 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
49.5% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Emillia
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Emillia is White at 49.5%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (29.2%) and Two or More Races (8.2%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Emillia described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Emillia at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White49.5% · 144
- Hispanic or Latino29.2% · 85
- Two or more races8.2% · 24
- Black or African American6.2% · 18
- Asian and Pacific Islander4.8% · 14
- American Indian and Alaska Native2.1% · 6
Popularity
Emillia: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Emillia from the 1990s through to the 2020s, spanning 4 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 164 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Emillia remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Emillia by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Emillia during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Emillias live
Origin
Meaning and history of Emillia
Emillia is a female given name with roots tracing back to the Latin language and ancient Roman culture. The name is derived from the Latin word "aemulus", which means "rival" or "striving". It is thought to be a feminized form of the masculine name Aemilius, which was a prominent family name among the Roman nobility.
In ancient Roman times, the name Aemilius was associated with the legendary Aemilian family, a patrician clan that produced several distinguished statesmen, consuls, and military leaders. One of the earliest recorded bearers of the name was Lucius Aemilius Paullus, a Roman consul who lived in the 3rd century BC and was victorious in the Second Illyrian War.
The name Emillia first appeared in written records during the Middle Ages, when it was used as a variant spelling of the more common Emily or Emilia. It gained popularity across various European regions, particularly in Italy, France, and Spain, where it was embraced by aristocratic families.
One of the earliest notable historical figures with the name Emillia was Emillia da Faenza, an Italian nun and mystic who lived in the 13th century. She was renowned for her spiritual visions and writings, which contributed to the religious literature of the time.
In the 16th century, Emillia Tertia was a prominent Renaissance poet and writer from Venice, Italy. Her works were widely celebrated and influential during her lifetime, and she was part of the literary circle of the renowned Pietro Bembo.
During the 17th century, Emillia Lanier, also known as Aemilia Lanyer, was an English Renaissance poet and one of the first professional female writers in England. Her book "Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum" is considered an important work of early feminist literature.
In the 19th century, Emillia Pardo Bazán was a Spanish novelist, journalist, and literary critic. She was a pioneer of the realist movement in Spanish literature and a prominent figure in the intellectual circles of her time, advocating for women's rights and education.
Another notable bearer of the name was Emillia Marty, a French Catholic nun who founded the Congregation of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of the Victories in the late 19th century. She was canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church in 1950.
People
Emillia + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Emillia as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Other names starting with E
Other first names starting with E with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Emillia: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Emillia?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 338 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Emillia going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 1,014,066 US residents.
Is Emillia a common name?
We classify Emillia as "Very Rare". It ranks above 80.5% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 341 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Emillia most popular?
The single biggest year for Emillia was 2019, when 26 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Emillia is about 11 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Emillia in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 291 people with the name Emillia, or 0.10 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #30,113 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Emillia in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Emillia?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Emillia leans strongly female. 280 people counted with this name were female (96.6%), compared with 10 male bearers (3.4%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Emillia?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Emillia is White at 49.5%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (29.2%) and Two or More Races (8.2%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Emillia most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Emillia in the 2020 Census, accounting for 49.5% (144 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Emillia in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Emillia a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Emillia in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Emillia still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Emillia in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Emillia can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people are called Emillia?
Find out how many people share the name Emillia on our sister site HowManyOfMe.org — a quick modern estimate with the living-bearer count front and centre.