Emilia
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Emilia
Emilia is the feminine form of the Roman clan name Aemilius, which derived from the Latin aemulus, meaning "rival." In Shakespeare’s Othello, Emilia is the wife of Iago and confidante of Desdemona. Amelia, although homonymous, has a different root and meaning.
Emilia is rising as an Emily/Amelia alternative. In modern pop culture, Emilia is the name of the main character in The Princess Diaries and the first name of Game of Thrones and Solo star Emilia Clarke.
Emilia is currently enjoying high popularity across some diverse cultures—it's near the top of the charts in Germany, Finland, Austria, Poland and Chile, and is favored in both English- and Spanish-speaking countries.
Emilia is also given to boys, where it ranks #12581 in the US.
Pronounced eh-MIL-yuh.
As of October 2026, Emilia ranked #45 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #40 in 2021, Nameberry popularity #138.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #164 | 2,003 | 1,121.3 |
| 2015 | #145 | 2,225 | 1,246.4 |
| 2016 | #103 | 3,033 | 1,711.6 |
| 2017 | #77 | 3,595 | 2,082.3 |
| 2018 | #58 | 4,039 | 2,374.4 |
| 2019 | #44 | 4,773 | 2,843.8 |
| 2020 | #41 | 4,782 | 2,958.2 |
| 2021 | #40 | 4,851 | 2,956.4 |
| 2022 | #44 | 4,684 | 2,855.9 |
| 2023 | #42 | 4,684 | 2,919.1 |
| 2024 | #43 | 4,634 | 2,860.2 |
| 2025 | #45 | 4,677 | 2,909.9 |
World rankings
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Emilia on lists
Famous Emilias
- Emilia Isobel Euphemia Rose ClarkeGirl
English actress
- Emilia Rose Elizabeth FoxGirl
English actress
- Emilia Lanier (born Aemilia Bassano)Girl
English poet
- Emilia PlaterGirl
Polish,Lithuanian revolutionary
- Emilia RydbergGirl
Swedish singer
- Emilia PikkarainenGirl
Finnish Olympic swimmer
- Emilia Anna KaczorowskaGirl
Wojtyła, mother of Pope John Paul II
- Emilia KrakowskaGirl
Polish actress
- Emilia SzczanieckaGirl
Polish social activist
- Emilia MerkellGirl
model and daughter of actress Patsy Palmer
- Emilia Jones (b. 2002)Girl
English actress; daughter of singer Aled Jones
- Emilia Lovely Gorecki (b. 2011)Girl
daughter of singer Dev and Johnny Gorecki
- Emilia Van Der Beek (b. 2016)Girl
daughter of American actor James Van Der Beek
- Emilia Tommasina SacconeGirl
Joly, daughter of YouTube vloggers the SacconeJolys
- Emilia Giovanna Tucci (b. 2018)Girl
daughter of actor Stanley Tucci
Emilia in pop culture
- EmiliaGirl
wife to Iago in Shakespeare's "Othello"
- EmiliaGirl
character in Boccaccio's "The Decameron"
- Emilia GreenleafGirl
main character in "The Other Woman"
- Emilia MendozaGirl
character in "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
- EmiliaGirl
Mrs Orange's baby, with eight teeth, in Dickens's short story "A Holiday Romance" (1868)
- EmiliaGirl
character in "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
- EmiliaGirl
character in "Nad Niemnem" by Eliza Orzeszkowa
- Emilka (Emilia)Girl
character in "Noce I Dnie" (Nights And Days)" by Maria Dąbrowska
- EmiliaGirl
character in "The Magician From Lublin" by Isaac Bashevis Singer
- EmiliaGirl
character in light novel "rezero: starting life in another world"
- Emilia RicolettiGirl
character on TV's Sherlock
- Emilia the Hero (Emi Yusa)Girl
character in anime The Devil is a Part,Timer!
- EmíliaGirl
character of "Sitio do Pica,Pau Amarelo" by Monteiro Lobato
- EmiliaGirl
character in the Disney Channel show "Soy Luna"