Emil
A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning rival; eager; a form of Aemilius.
Babies a year
43
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#771
43 babies
Emil by the numbers
In 2025, 43 babies in England and Wales were named Emil. In the US, 142 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 1,004 babies in 1917, so it is a 1910s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Emil. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
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