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In the United States 0 50 100 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 2011 per million babies of that sex 4,148 babies given this name since 1883 At its height in 2011, about 1 in 10,900 girls 140 babies in 2020 Names worth a look Emily Girl From Latin Aemilia, the feminine of the Roman family name Aemilius, possibly from aemulus 'rival'. The meaning… Rome · peak 1999 Emma Girl Germanic short form of names beginning with ermen/irmin 'whole, great, universal'. Early Medieval · peak 1885 Emmanuel Boy Hebrew Immanu'el, 'God is with us' (Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:23). Biblical · peak 2015 Emerson Girl From an English surname meaning 'son of Emery', Emery being a medieval form of a Germanic name (Emmerich or Amalric). Modern · peak 2019 Emery Girl or boy From Norman French Emeri, from a Germanic name such as Amalric (amal + ric 'ruler') or Emmerich; the exact source is… Middle Ages · peak 2020 Emilia Girl From the Roman family name Aemilius, often linked to aemulus 'rival', though this is uncertain. Renaissance · peak 2020 Emilio Boy From the Roman family name Aemilius, often linked to Latin aemulus 'rival', though that is not certain. Modern · peak 2020 Emil Boy From the Roman family name Aemilius, possibly from aemulus 'rival', though this is not certain. Revolutions · peak 1881 Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.