Emil Boy
How popular is Emil?
#1,267 boy name in 2025
155 baby boys were named Emil in the US in 2025, making it the 1267th most popular boy name.
Emil popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,267 for boys (▼ 24 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 155 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+22% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,369 in 2015, #1,233 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1917 (1,004 boys) |
| Highest rank | #90 in 1881 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Emil counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Emil family of names ranked #932 for boys in 2025 (#890 the year before), with 225 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Emil | 155 | 69% |
| Emile | 70 | 31% |
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 Emil is most popular
Babies named Emil per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- District of Columbia: 0.3 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Massachusetts: 0.3 per 1,000 (44 boys)
- New York: 0.2 per 1,000 (105 boys)
- Pennsylvania: 0.2 per 1,000 (55 boys)
- New Jersey: 0.2 per 1,000 (37 boys)
Emil by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,434 | #90 |
| 1890s | 1,438 | #101 |
| 1900s | 1,319 | #136 |
| 1910s | 6,701 | #137 |
| 1920s | 7,170 | #167 |
| 1930s | 3,518 | #246 |
| 1940s | 2,498 | #334 |
| 1950s | 1,861 | #462 |
| 1960s | 1,266 | #614 |
| 1970s | 963 | #737 |
| 1980s | 810 | #889 |
| 1990s | 837 | #1,074 |
| 2000s | 1,047 | #1,218 |
| 2010s | 1,241 | #1,226 |
| 2020s | 993 | #1,125 |
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Questions
- Is Emil a boy or girl name?
- Emil is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Emil were boys.
- How popular is the name Emil?
- 155 baby boys were named Emil in the US in 2025, making it the 1267th most popular boy name.
- When was Emil most popular?
- Emil peaked in 1917, when 1,004 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #90 in 1881.
- How many people are named Emil?
- 33,230 babies have been named Emil in the US since 1880. We estimate about 9,904 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 48.
- Where is Emil most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Emil was most common in District of Columbia, at 0.3 of every 1,000 boys 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.