NameTides

Emelia

Emelia was the #601 girls' name in the US in 2025 (488 babies), and #596 in England & Wales and #723 in Canada.

Emelia as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Emelia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandUSCanadaEngland & WalesScotlandIreland
Emelia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#601 (488)#596 (65)#632 (4)#334 (4)#885 (3)#723 (41)
2024#574 (528)#516 (76)#431 (7)—#631 (5)#621 (47)
2023#533 (570)#467 (85)#630 (4)#391 (3)#625 (5)#650 (44)
2022#521 (598)#361 (118)#324 (10)#201 (9)—#756 (36)
2021#470 (663)#333 (142)#339 (10)—#586 (6)#507 (58)
2020#452 (683)#338 (134)#341 (10)#333 (4)#700 (4)#633 (45)
2019#443 (701)#302 (157)#237 (17)#298 (5)#362 (11)#494 (65)
2018#480 (654)#256 (190)#415 (8)—#411 (10)#525 (59)
2017#539 (575)#284 (172)#347 (10)#190 (10)#365 (11)#546 (58)
2016#583 (532)#223 (234)#262 (16)—#419 (10)#717 (41)
2015#591 (509)#195 (275)#252 (16)#223 (8)#362 (13)#711 (40)
2014#619 (463)#197 (270)#212 (22)#247 (7)#373 (12)#870 (31)
2013#645 (438)#185 (283)#267 (15)#370 (4)#357 (13)#647 (44)
2012#685 (411)#164 (314)#278 (16)#297 (6)#474 (9)#931 (28)
2011#752 (366)#229 (224)#674 (4)—#695 (5)#776 (35)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2020 at #452.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,300 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 3,300uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Emelia is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,400 to 1 in 3,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Emelia by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #447WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #236NHWashington: #732WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #344MNIllinois: #575ILMichigan: #638MINew York: #610NYMassachusetts: #444MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #508NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #542INOhio: #711OHPennsylvania: #763PANew Jersey: #618NJConnecticut: #459CTRhode Island: #180RICalifornia: #644CAUtah: #605UTColorado: #406CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #640MOKentucky: #331KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #758VAMaryland: #731MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #416AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #361KSArkansas: #270ARTennessee: #603TNNorth Carolina: #601NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #619OKLouisiana: #677LAMississippi: #514MSAlabama: #819ALGeorgia: #915GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #726TXFlorida: #515FL
Emelia (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#54223

Emelia (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
EmeliaCanadaGirls#72341
EmeliaEngland & WalesGirls#59665
EmeliaIrelandGirls#8853
EmeliaNorthern IrelandGirls#3344
EmeliaScotlandGirls#6324
EmeliaUSGirls#601488