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Emile

#2,098 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Form of Émile

Emile has been given to 9,289 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #2,098 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1922, with 167 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 93% boys, 7% girls all-time.

Babies named Emile, 2025

1 in 47,400

Emile over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Emile over time

In 2025, Emile went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

18802025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Emile: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Émile

French and Latin

What Emile means

Emile is a form of Émile.

Origin, language, and formation

Emile is used in English and Walloon. Its origins include French and Latin.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Émile.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Walloon, Emile is pronounced /e.mil/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 8,641 boys were recorded with the name Emile between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 167 in 1922; its best national rank was #283 in 1882.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,008 in 2020 to #2,098 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,367 in 2015 to #2,098 in 2025.

In the United States, 648 girls were recorded with the name Emile between 1891 and 2018. Its highest annual count was 17 in 1988; its best national rank was #1,383 in 1891.

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 Emile?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 47,400
70 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 24,400
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,098
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
32,828 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Emile 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 5001%

Put another way: gather 32,828 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Emile. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Emiles were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Emile was born before 1941 — so the typical Emile is around 84 today.

Median birth year
1941
About 84 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
16.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
15.3%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
3,583
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1920s — 16.4% of all recorded uses (1,420).

Is Emile 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
−191
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−90
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+269
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.27×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
41.9%
Peak was 1922 (167)
Years since peak
103
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
14.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#283
1882

Spellings of Emile

Emile is not the most common spelling — Mike is, with 40.9% against Emile's 1.7%.

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 Emile is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Emile was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 4,348 boys, against 1 in 20,014 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in 100,000).

123 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Louisiana1 in 4,348
  2. 2New York1 in 11,111
  3. 3California1 in 14,286
  4. 4Colorado1 in 50,000
  5. 5Massachusetts1 in 50,000
  6. 6Texas1 in 50,000
  7. 7Florida1 in 100,000
  8. 8Washington1 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.

Where Emile is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Emile was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 2,287,539 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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. Emile has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Emile around the world

Where Emile 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
    1996–2025
    #976
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2014–2016
    #707
    in 2016
  • Ireland
    2003–2023
    #660
    in 2023
  • France
    1900–2025
    #107
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #65
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1971–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Emile

People whose public names include Emile, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Emile in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Emile. Linked forms have their own page here.

EmilEmielEmilioEemilEmīlsAemiliusYemelyan

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Emile by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,098
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 90
Best rank ever
#283
1882
Peak year
1922
167 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
8,641
Count in 2025
70

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,383
1891
Peak year
1988
17 that year
First recorded
1891
Last recorded
2018
All-time count
648
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Emile

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

EmirEmilyEmilEmilioEmittNileEminEmilianoEmiloEmillioEmielEmiasEmileoHaileEmidioEmitEmilianKileEmiriEmigdioEmiliaEmillianoJamileCecile

Names with a curve like Emile

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Emile, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

ValentineOlinJulesHoytWaltonOlenFreemanBasilWiltonNewtonRaleighEverette

Sibling names for Emile

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

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