Emelie Girl
How popular is Emelie?
#5,098 girl name in 2025
25 baby girls were named Emelie in the US in 2025, making it the 5098th most popular girl name.
Emelie popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #5,098 for girls (▼ 627 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 25 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-36% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,841 in 2015, #3,221 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2003 (76 girls) |
| Highest rank | #547 in 1880 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Emelie counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Emily family of names ranked #30 for girls in 2025 (#24 the year before), with 6,611 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Emily | 5,451 | 82% |
| Emely | 590 | 9% |
| Emilee | 106 | 2% |
| Emilie | 170 | 3% |
| Emmalee | 47 | 1% |
| Emmaleigh | 23 | 0% |
| Emelie | 25 | 0% |
| Emalee | 13 | 0% |
| Emeli | 32 | 0% |
| Emilly | 59 | 1% |
| Emileigh | 5 | 0% |
| Emaleigh | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Emelie is most popular
Babies named Emelie per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (34 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (17 girls)
Emelie by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 80 | #547 |
| 1890s | 79 | #727 |
| 1900s | 71 | #1,050 |
| 1910s | 101 | #1,708 |
| 1920s | 131 | #1,991 |
| 1930s | 131 | #1,345 |
| 1940s | 109 | #1,882 |
| 1950s | 52 | #3,713 |
| 1960s | 40 | #4,436 |
| 1970s | 67 | #5,010 |
| 1980s | 120 | #4,166 |
| 1990s | 331 | #2,843 |
| 2000s | 585 | #2,240 |
| 2010s | 516 | #2,840 |
| 2020s | 199 | #3,221 |
Girl names about as popular as Emelie
Questions
- Is Emelie a boy or girl name?
- Emelie is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Emelie were girls.
- How popular is the name Emelie?
- 25 baby girls were named Emelie in the US in 2025, making it the 5098th most popular girl name.
- When was Emelie most popular?
- Emelie peaked in 2003, when 76 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #547 in 1880.
- How many people are named Emelie?
- 2,612 babies have been named Emelie in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,985 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 21.
- Where is Emelie most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Emelie was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.