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Emil
Rank in 2024
#1,250
Born in 2024
158
Peak year
1917 · #137
Origin
Latin
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 158 boys were named Emil, about 1 in every 10,856.
- It peaked in 1917 with 1,004 babies, ranked #137.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 32,939 boys have been named Emil since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Emil per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.8Greatest1901–27
- 0.3Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 13,983 babies, 0.84 per 1,000. Silent: 6,124 babies, 0.30 per 1,000. Boomers: 3,545 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,606 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,326 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,604 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,752 babies, 0.08 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From German Emil, from Latin Aemilius, a Roman family name possibly from aemulus (“rival”). Cognate with French Émile.
- A male given name from Latin.
- Origin
- Latin
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Emil, CC BY-SA 4.0.