Emili
Feminine
Emili is a Catalan and Scandinavian spelling of Emily, and the Roman family name behind it has a meaning nobody can confirm.
How old is the name Emili?
Emili first appears in US birth records in 1974 — 51 years ago. The typical Emili alive today was born around 2004, making them about 21 years old. About 1,900 people named Emili are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Emili most popular?
Emili peaked in 2006, reaching #1825 nationally. Today it ranks #4172, 2,347 places below that high. See the whole 2006 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Aemilius to Emili
The story of Emili
The Aemilii were an old patrician family and the Via Aemilia, the road they built across northern Italy, still runs from Rimini to Piacenza and gives Emilia-Romagna its name. English took Emily from the Latin; Catalan gives Emili and Emília, and Scandinavian records use Emili too. It appears in American records with both Spanish-speaking and Nordic families.
Meaningscholars disagree
Not established
From the Roman gens name Aemilius, generally read from aemulus, a rival or one who strives — the source of English emulate. The derivation is standard and not certain; Roman family names are often opaque. It is unrelated to Amelia, which is Germanic.
How the name formed
- Aemilius
- Emilia
- Emili
Related forms: Emili · Emily · Emilia
Pronouncing Emili
EM-ih-lee
Three syllables, first stressed. Catalan stresses the last, eh-mee-LEE.
Nicknames for Emili
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1974
- Most girls named
- 2006112 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1825reached in 2006
- Change vs 2024
- +13.3%34 in 2025, from 30
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Emili in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Emili in Catalan — same name
- Emily in English — same name
- Emilia in Italian — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas.
Emilis among us
people named Emili are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 47,273 born in 2025 was named Emili
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Emili
- #4172
- Emili on the 2025 chart
- #37
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Emili went to 34 girls in 2025, but Emily and Emilly are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 5,556, which makes it the 37th most-given girls’ name of the year — 4,135 places above the chart.
and 1 rarer spelling.
About 1 girl in 289 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 47,273 for Emili itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Frederick test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Emili's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Frederick climbed just as high around 1929, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Frederick's path sketches the road Emili is walking now.
Emili sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Emili is headed
Emili looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 50% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Emili beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Emili in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A documented Roman family with a road still bearing its name.
- Em and Emmy are both warm short forms in very current use.
- Five letters and three syllables, quick to write.
- Emily is the standard English spelling and will be written for her.
- It is constantly confused with Amelia, which is a separate Germanic name.
- The Catalan pronunciation stresses the last syllable, which English does not.
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Frequently asked
- How many Emilis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,900 people named Emili are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Emili?
- Emili is one of 3 recorded spellings. Emily is the more common one — 5,451 births in 2025 against 34 for Emili.
- How popular is the name Emili in 2025?
- Emili ranks #4172 among US girl names in 2025, with 34 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Emili?
- About 1 in every 47,273 US girls born in 2025 was named Emili — 34 in all.
- Will my child share the name Emili with classmates?
- Emili will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Emili
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