Girls' name · peaked in 1880
Emilie name popularity since 1925
22,781 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Emilie. Half of them were born in 1997 or earlier, so the typical Emilie is about 29 years old in 2026. Emilie peaked in 1880 as the #228 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 22,781
- Named Emilie, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1880
- #228 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,312 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 22,774 girls · 7 boys
- Most popular in
- Florida
- 1.42× its national share
Peak year is the year Emilie made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Emilie births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 2003. Measured as a share of all babies, Emilie peaked earlier, in 1880.
- Fastest rise: Between 1976 and 1981, Emilie became 1.8× more common, from 1 in 11,300 baby girls to 1 in 6,220.
- Steepest fall: Between 2013 and 2018, its share of baby girls fell by 50%, from 1 in 3,370 to 1 in 6,750.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Emilie's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Emilie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Emilie in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 505 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 1,073 | 0 | #628 |
| 1940s | 1,092 | 0 | #811 |
| 1950s | 748 | 0 | #1,120 |
| 1960s | 553 | 0 | #1,372 |
| 1970s | 1,267 | 0 | #713 |
| 1980s | 2,646 | 7 | #648 |
| 1990s | 4,624 | 0 | #506 |
| 2000s | 5,742 | 0 | #491 |
| 2010s | 3,441 | 0 | #867 |
| 2020–25 | 1,083 | 0 | #1,312 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
37.1% of babies named Emilie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Emilie is most popular
The index compares Emilie's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Emilie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Florida | 1.42× | 939 |
| Washington | 1.39× | 424 |
| Wisconsin | 1.35× | 486 |
| California | 1.32× | 2,547 |
| Texas | 1.22× | 1,747 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Emilie and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Emilie (this page) | 22,774 | 1880 |
| Emily | 853,552 | 1999 |
| Emilee | 23,935 | 2003 |
| Emelie | 2,200 | 1880 |
| Emili | 1,923 | 2006 |
| Emiley | 1,761 | 2005 |
| Emilly | 1,462 | 2003 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Emilie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Emilie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Emilie (1880).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data