Emelia
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning rival; a form of Amelia.
How Emelia has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #591 |
| 2016 | #582 |
| 2017 | #539 |
| 2018 | #479 |
| 2019 | #443 |
| 2020 | #452 |
| 2021 | #470 |
| 2022 | #520 |
| 2023 | #531 |
| 2024 | #573 |
| 2025 | #601 |
Emelia by the numbers
In 2025, 65 babies in England and Wales were named Emelia. In the US, 565 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
At its height, in 1885, about 1 in 4,900 American girls born that year was called Emelia.
Other names that come from Amelia
Like Emelia, each of these traces back to Amelia: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Ameliawork, industriousness2,153 in England and Wales (2025)
- Milliegentle strength; from Millicent or Amelia1,080 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ameliework, industrious; form of Amelia398 in England and Wales (2025)
- Amiliawork, industriousness; a spelling variant of Amelia173 in the US (2017)
- Meliaa form of Amelia; hardworking106 in the US (2017)
- Amilawork; a spelling variant of Amelia11 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ameliahwork, industriousness; a modern respelling of Amelia57 in the US (2017)
- Amelliaindustrious, striving; a variant of Amelia49 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Emelia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Emiliarival, eager832 in England and Wales (2025)
- Emelieindustrious; a form of Amelia56 in the US (2017)
- Emelinawork; a diminutive form of Amelia or Emelia33 in the US (2017)
- Emmeliawhole, universal; a form of Amelia or Emma24 in the US (2017)
- Emelinwork; a form of Emeline18 in the US (2017)
- Emyliarival, eager; a form of Emily16 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Emelia
Names that are said the same way as Emelia, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Emilliarival; a form of Emilia15 in the US (2017)
- Emilyarival; a form of Emily13 in the US (2017)
- Emmaleahbeloved; a form of Emma with suffix -leah10 in the US (2017)
- Emiliaheager to please; a form of Emilia8 in the US (2017)
- Emeiliarival; a form of Amelia or Emilia5 in the US (2017)
- Emelliarival; a form of Amelia or Emilia5 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Emelia
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