# Emily (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/emily/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “rival”, “emulator” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɛm.ə.li/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Milly, Millie, Emmy, Emme |
| Variant spellings | Emilia |
| US babies named this | 898,296 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,809 / 896,487 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 122,568, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14,277 | 6 |
| 2012 | 13,666 | 6 |
| 2013 | 13,144 | 7 |
| 2014 | 12,670 | 7 |
| 2015 | 11,808 | 8 |
| 2016 | 11,006 | 9 |
| 2017 | 9,817 | 12 |
| 2018 | 8,718 | 12 |
| 2019 | 8,259 | 12 |
| 2020 | 6,918 | 18 |
| 2021 | 6,594 | 21 |
| 2022 | 6,498 | 17 |
| 2023 | 6,177 | 19 |
| 2024 | 5,984 | 25 |
| 2025 | 5,451 | 34 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 20 | 4,730 |
| 2011 | 11 | 7,144 |
| 2012 | 21 | 4,583 |
| 2013 | 20 | 4,674 |
| 2014 | 11 | 7,195 |
| 2015 | 17 | 5,360 |
| 2016 | 7 | 9,962 |
| 2017 | 5 | 12,856 |
| 2018 | 11 | 7,273 |
| 2019 | 8 | 9,127 |
| 2020 | 11 | 7,162 |
| 2021 | 6 | 11,163 |
| 2023 | 9 | 8,445 |
| 2024 | 10 | 7,931 |
| 2025 | 10 | 7,833 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3,974 | 5 |
| 2012 | 4,029 | 4 |
| 2013 | 4,049 | 3 |
| 2014 | 3,991 | 4 |
| 2015 | 3,893 | 3 |
| 2016 | 3,551 | 3 |
| 2017 | 3,121 | 5 |
| 2018 | 2,676 | 5 |
| 2019 | 2,262 | 11 |
| 2020 | 1,896 | 15 |
| 2021 | 1,797 | 19 |
| 2022 | 1,609 | 19 |
| 2023 | 1,280 | 28 |
| 2024 | 1,170 | 34 |
| 2025 | 956 | 44 |

## In other languages

- Armenian: Էմիլիա
- Bulgarian: Емилия
- Catalan: Emília
- Chinese: 埃米莉
- Czech: Emílie
- Danish: Emilie
- Finnish: Emilia
- French: Émilie
- Georgian: ემილი
- German: Emilie
- Greek: Αιμιλία
- Hebrew: אמילי
- Hungarian: Emília
- Icelandic: Emilía
- Indonesian: Emilia
- Italian: Emilia
- Japanese: エミリー, エミリア
- Korean: 에밀리
- Latin: Aemilia
- Latvian: Emīlija

## People named Emily

- Emily Dickinson, American poet (1830-1886)
- Emily Brontë, English novelist and poet (1818–1848)
- Emily Blunt, British actress (born 1983)
- Emily Greene Balch, American economist and writer
- Emily Watson, English actress (born 1967)
- Emily Osment, American actress and singer (born 1992)
- Emily Deschanel, American actress, television producer, and film producer
- Emily Ratajkowski, American model and actress
- Emily Browning, Australian actress, singer and model
- Emily VanCamp, Canadian actress
- Emily Mortimer, British actress
- Emily Procter, American actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.