Boy or Girl

Is Emelia a boy or girl name?

Emelia is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 527 girls and 0 boys were named Emelia, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 13,537 US babies named Emelia were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
Not ranked
Girl rank, 2024
#573
Babies named Emelia since 1880
13,537
Most popular year
2019
701 babies
Babies named Emelia each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Emelia from 1880 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.020040060080018801900192019401960198020002020

Boys and girls named Emelia, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1880s0201100%
1890s0273100%
1900s0229100%
1910s0409100%
1920s0445100%
1930s0224100%
1940s0194100%
1950s0189100%
1960s0134100%
1970s0126100%
1980s0310100%
1990s0699100%
2000s02,077100%
2010s04,988100%
2020s03,039100%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
20240–527#573
20230–569#533
20220–598#520
20210–662#471
20200–683#452
20190–701#443
20180–654#481
20170–575#540
20160–532#583
20150–509#591
20140–463#619
20130–438#645
20120–411#686
20110–366#752
20100–339#805
20090–316#873
20080–282#956
20070–222#1,155
20060–247#1,038
20050–210#1,123
20040–220#1,051
20030–189#1,146
20020–162#1,238
20010–115#1,602
20000–114#1,560
19990–88#1,814
19980–90#1,753
19970–79#1,870
19960–78#1,868
19950–69#1,990
19940–61#2,195
19930–62#2,158
19920–57#2,301
19910–62#2,142
19900–53#2,353
19890–42#2,678
19880–39#2,712
19870–37#2,677
19860–40#2,480
19850–26#3,347
19840–29#3,005
19830–27#3,083
19820–21#3,811
19810–25#3,366
19800–24#3,434
19790–16#4,475
19780–13#5,006
19770–15#4,482
19760–12#4,970
19750–12#4,943
19740–12#4,807
19730–13#4,429
19720–15#3,943
19710–11#4,898
19700–7#6,540
19690–9#5,161
19680–13#3,850
19670–13#3,721
19660–8#4,993
19650–13#3,603
19640–18#3,031
19630–16#3,223
19620–17#3,075
19610–14#3,503
19600–13#3,556
19590–13#3,491
19580–18#2,788
19570–25#2,236
19560–15#3,092
19550–19#2,573
19540–15#2,927
19530–19#2,453
19520–25#2,038
19510–17#2,511
19500–23#2,017
19490–19#2,293
19480–25#1,907
19470–15#2,671
19460–20#2,111
19450–19#1,950
19440–20#1,930
19430–19#2,016
19420–20#1,925
19410–19#1,902
19400–18#1,910
19390–14#2,232
19380–27#1,453
19370–19#1,805
19360–18#1,818
19350–23#1,565
19340–18#1,856
19330–28#1,376
19320–20#1,775
19310–16#2,043
19300–41#1,166
19290–39#1,199
19280–27#1,558
19270–40#1,243
19260–34#1,366
19250–48#1,106
19240–54#1,064
19230–44#1,162
19220–54#1,025
19210–58#973
19200–47#1,091
19190–44#1,110
19180–57#950
19170–54#948
19160–48#999
19150–52#920
19140–41#924
19130–36#885
19120–26#1,011
19110–21#963
19100–30#784
19090–22#875
19080–28#731
19070–16#958
19060–31#653
19050–17#906
19040–16#916
19030–22#717
19020–25#675
19010–27#604
19000–25#731
18990–28#581
18980–26#638
18970–22#665
18960–24#642
18950–27#579
18940–26#577
18930–33#468
18920–22#599
18910–31#462
18900–34#435
18890–13#732
18880–33#435
18870–27#426
18860–19#512
18850–29#383
18840–12#619
18830–29#333
18820–17#450
18810–10#551
18800–12#503

Highest rank

Emelia has never been ranked as a boy name. As a girl name, it reached #333 in 1883. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.

Names from the same era

These names were also most popular in the 2010s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

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Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.