Emile
A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning rival; industrious.
Babies a year
31
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#976
31 babies
Emile by the numbers
In 2025, 31 babies in England and Wales were named Emile. In the US, 65 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 167 babies in 1922, making it a 1920s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Emile. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Emilrival; eager; a form of Aemilius43 in England and Wales (2025)
- Emileorival; eager; a form of Emilio7 in the US (2017)
- Emilsrival; eager; a form of Emil or Emilia3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Emilo6 in the US (2017)
- Emiliorival, emulating; form of Aemilius1,383 in the US (2017)
- Elizegod is my oath; variant of Elise23 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Emile
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