Emeterio

Boys' name

Form of Emeterius

Emeterio has been given to 377 babies in the U.S. since 1915. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1927, with 12 recorded.

Babies named Emeterio, 2022

1 in 677,000

Emeterio over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Emeterio: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Emeterius

Spanish

What Emeterio means

Emeterio is a form of Emeterius.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Emeterio is used in Spanish.

Another recorded pronunciation is /e.me.ˈte.ɾjo/ for Emeterio.

Origin, language, and formation

Emeterio is used in Cebuano, Spanish and Tagalog. Its origins include Spanish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Emeterius.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Spanish, Emeterio is pronounced /emeˈteɾjo/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 377 boys were recorded with the name Emeterio between 1915 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 12 in 1927; its best national rank was #2,444 in 1927.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Emeterio?

Emeterio had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2022, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2022: 1 in 677,000; 5 of 3,385,755 births
Among boys only: 1 in 349,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2022: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 469,366 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Emeterio sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2022 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 469,366 children born in 2022 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Emeterio. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Emeterios were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Emeterio was born before 1969 — so the typical Emeterio is around 56 today.

Median birth year: 1969; About 56 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 14.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 12.7%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 249; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 14.3% of all recorded uses (54).

Is Emeterio rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1927 (12)
Years since peak: 98; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 14.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,444; 1927

Spellings of Emeterio

Emeterio is not the most common spelling — Demetrio is, with 73.0% against Emeterio's 9.0%.

Demetrio73.0%3,064
Eleuterio18.0%756
Emeterio9.0%377

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Emeterio is used

Across 1910–2025, Emeterio was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 150,721 across all states with data.

11 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Texas1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Emeterio has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Emeterio by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,444; 1927
Peak year: 1927; 12 that year
First recorded: 1915
Last recorded: 2022
All-time count: 377
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Emeterio

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Emersyn Emerald Olegario Emerick Emelio Emersen Oliverio Emeric Valerio Emett Vittorio Honorio Emeka Eluterio Desiderio Monterio Emerik Victorio Silverio Nazario Emet Romario Demarrio Emeri

Sibling names for Emeterio

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Darline Leatrice Pearline Ima Belva George Paul Charline

For a brother

Frances Jewel Napoleon Raymon Merlin Domenick Jules Bud

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