Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Emila isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Emila through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 166
- 0 boys · 166 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,344 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +20%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,344 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 20.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 521 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Emila’s family of names
Emila may belong to the same name family as EMILLA. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Emila
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Emila, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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