Girl name#470 of girl names
Emilia
Pronounced AH0 M IY1 L IY0 AH0 (ARPABET)
- 4 syllables
- Peaked 2021
- 145 years in use
How popular is Emilia?
Emilia is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 64,515 children — the 470th most common girls' name on record.
It is climbing hard: about four times as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2021, when 4,862 children were given it.
Characteristics
- Alliterative
- 4 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- AH0 M IY1 L IY0 AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 0100
- Syllables:
- 4
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Emilia
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Emilia
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Emilia?
- Emilia ranks 470th among girls' names in US records, with 64,515 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 41,397.
- Is Emilia a unisex name?
- No. Emilia is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Emilia most popular?
- 2021, when 4,862 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.