Emiel

#9,988 in 2025Boys' name

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Emiel has been given to 110 babies in the U.S. since 1914. In 2025 it ranked #9,988 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1921, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Emiel, 2025

1 in 474,000

Emiel 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Emiel: meaning, origin, and history

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Latin

What Emiel means

Emiel may mean “rival”, associated with aemulus.

Origin, language, and formation

Emiel is used in Dutch. Its origins include Latin.

Emiel comes through Latin Aemilius.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Emil and Émile.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 110 boys were recorded with the name Emiel between 1914 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 11 in 1921; its best national rank was #2,683 in 1921.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #12,599 in 2020 to #9,988 in 2025.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Emiel?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 474,000; 7 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 244,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #9,988; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 328,272 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Emiel 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 2025 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 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Emiel. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Emiels were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Emiel was born before 1922 — so the typical Emiel is around 103 today.

Median birth year: 1922; About 103 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 37.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 24.5%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 27; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 37.3% of all recorded uses (41).

Is Emiel 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: +2,611; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 63.6%; Peak was 1921 (11)
Years since peak: 104; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 28.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,683; 1921

Spellings of Emiel

Emiel is not the most common spelling — Emil is, with 17.7% against Emiel's 0.06%.

Emil17.7%33,096
Ariel11.8%21,968
Uriel11.3%21,075
Mikel6.2%11,559
Lemuel5.3%9,965
Aziel4.7%8,721
Emile4.6%8,641
Emmet3.7%6,966

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.

Emiel around the world

Where Emiel ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2003–2003
#3,467
in 2003

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Emiel by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #9,988
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 2,611
Best rank ever: #2,683; 1921
Peak year: 1921; 11 that year
First recorded: 1914
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 110
Count in 2025: 7

Names similar to Emiel

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

Emias Emilo Emiri Eriel Emileo Jaiel Aciel Emilia Eziel Itiel Emitt Zaiel Auriel Liel Riel Zariel Yosiel Joziel Leniel Nuriel Juriel Oniel Emilian Samiel

Sibling names for Emiel

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

Adell Margarette Idella Lida Beryl Vina Albina Linnie

For a brother

Trinidad Buford Antone Dewitt Regis Vern Cletus Maynard

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