Emillio
A Spanish masculine name derived from the Roman name Aemilius.
Name Census estimates that about 489 living Americans carry the first name Emillio. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Emillio today is around 19 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Emillio births was 2005 (24 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Emillio. 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.
People living today
489
~ 1 in 700,929 Americans
Peak year
2005
24 babies that year
Average age
19
years old
2024 SSA rank
#6,931
Tracked since 1918
Census
Emillio in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 469 people with the first name Emillio, which placed it at #21,580 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
#21,580
National first-name rank
People counted
469
469 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.2
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
79.3% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Emillio
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Emillio is Hispanic at 79.3%. The next largest groups are Black (7.7%) and White (6.6%). 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 Emillio 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 Emillio at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino79.3% · 372
- Black or African American7.7% · 36
- White6.6% · 31
- American Indian and Alaska Native3.4% · 16
- Two or more races2.8% · 13
- Asian and Pacific Islander0.2% · 1
Popularity
Emillio: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Emillio from the 1910s through to the 2020s, spanning 6 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 152 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2000s peak, Emillio remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Emillio 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 Emillio during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Emillios live
Origin
Meaning and history of Emillio
The name Emillio originated from the Roman family name Aemilius, which derived from the Latin word aemulus, meaning "rival" or "eager". This name was prominent during the Roman Republic and Empire periods, particularly from the 4th to the 1st century BC.
One of the earliest recorded individuals with the name Emillio was Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus, a Roman consul and military commander who lived from 229 BC to 160 BC. He is best known for his decisive victory over the Macedonian king Perseus at the Battle of Pydna in 168 BC, which effectively ended the Third Macedonian War.
Another notable figure was Quintus Aemilius Lepidus, a Roman statesman and consul who lived from around 90 BC to 13 BC. He played a significant role in the political turmoil following the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC, initially siding with the assassins before later joining forces with Mark Antony and Octavian.
In the early Christian era, the name Emillio appears in various forms, such as Aemilius or Emilius, in the records of saints and martyrs. One example is Saint Emilius, a 5th-century martyr from Sardinia who was venerated in the Catholic Church.
During the Middle Ages, the name Emillio was popular among the nobility and ruling classes in various parts of Europe, particularly in Italy and Spain. One prominent figure was Emilio de' Cavalieri (1550-1602), an Italian composer and one of the pioneers of the early Baroque opera.
Another notable individual was Emilio Pardo Bazán (1851-1921), a Spanish novelist, journalist, and literary critic who was a leading figure in the Spanish realist movement. Her novels explored themes of feminism, social issues, and the challenges faced by women in 19th-century Spanish society.
People
Emillio + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Emillio 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
Emillio: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Emillio?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 489 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Emillio 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 700,929 US residents.
Is Emillio a common name?
We classify Emillio as "Very Rare". It ranks above 84.3% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 501 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Emillio most popular?
The single biggest year for Emillio was 2005, when 24 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Emillio is about 19 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Emillio in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 469 people with the name Emillio, or 0.16 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #21,580 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 Emillio 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 Emillio?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Emillio leans strongly male. 471 people counted with this name were male (98.3%), compared with 8 female bearers (1.7%). 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 Emillio?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Emillio is Hispanic at 79.3%. The next largest groups are Black (7.7%) and White (6.6%). 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 Emillio most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Emillio in the 2020 Census, accounting for 79.3% (372 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 Emillio in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Emillio a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Emillio in the SSA data are male. 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 Emillio still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Emillio 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 Emillio 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 Emillio?
Find out how many people have the name Emillio on our sister site HowManyOfMe.org — a quick modern estimate with the living-bearer count front and centre.