as a First Name
From a medieval form of the Latin name Aemilia, the feminine version of the old Roman family name Aemilius (probably from aemulus ‘rival’). It was not common in the Middle Ages, but was revived in the 19th century and is extremely popular throughout the English-speaking world today. Its best-known 19th‐century bearer was probably the novelist and poet Emily Brontë (1818–48).
| 148th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 387,524
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 737,836
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Utah
- has the most people named Emily per capita
- 1999
- marked the height of its popularity
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4%
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55+
13%
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30%
13-29
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53%
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