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Emilia

Pronounced AH0 M IY1 L IY0 AH0 (ARPABET)

  • 4 syllables
  • Peaked 2021
  • 145 years in use
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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.

01,2502,5003,7505,00018901920195019802010
2021Girls: 4,862Boys: 0

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.