Emilia

Meaning: Rival; emulator
Origin: Variant of Emily (from Latin)

Girl's name · #45 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Emilia is near its high-water mark: it reached #40 in 2021 and still ranked #45 in 2025. About 69,000 girls have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Actor Stanley Tucci named his daughter Emilia Giovanna in 2018.

Across the states

See where Emilia is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

Emilia is especially popular in Austria, Germany, and Finland (other-lang.).

#2 in Austria (2025) · #3 in Germany (2025) · #3 in Finland (other-lang.) (2025) · #6 in Switzerland (2025) · #9 in Argentina (2025) · #10 in Poland (2025) · #26 in Hungary (2025) · #29 in Finland (Finnish-sp.) (2025) · #33 in Ecuador (2025) · #40 in Belgium (2025) · #45 in Mexico (2024) · #48 in Australia (NSW) (2025) and 16 more.

Famous Emilias

Emilia Clarke — English actress, model and writer
Emilia Plater — Polish noblewoman (1806–1831)
Emilia Fox — British actress and presenter (born 1974)
Emilia Pardo Bazán — Spanish author, editor (1851–1922)
Emilia Jones — British actress

In stories & tradition

Emilia — Othello
Emília — Sítio do Picapau Amarelo (Portuguese-language novel series)
Emilia Harcourt — Suicide Squad

What Emilias become

Among 898 notable people named Emilia:

Entertainers appear 1.58× more often than among typical names — e.g. Emilia Clarke, English actress, model and writer.

Similar names: Emily · Nova · Ember · Natalia · Aria · Cecilia

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