Emelia
Pronounced EH1 M AH0 L IY1 AH0 (ARPABET)
- 4 syllables
- Peaked 2019
- 145 years in use
- 2 spellings
How popular is Emelia?
Emelia is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 13,998 children — the 1,159th most common girls' name on record.
It is gaining, with the past decade running 77% ahead of the one before it. Its best single year was 2019, when 725 children were given it.
Two other spellings are counted in that total — Emmalia and Emmaleah — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Emelia and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Emmalia
- Emmaleah
Characteristics
- 4 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- EH1 M AH0 L IY1 AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 1010
- Syllables:
- 4
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Emelia
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Emelia
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Emelia?
- Emelia ranks 1,159th among girls' names in US records, with 13,998 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 6,210.
- Is Emelia a unisex name?
- No. Emelia is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Emelia most popular?
- 2019, when 725 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Emelia spelled?
- Emmalia, Emmaleah. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.