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Emily

Girl Latin /EM-i-lee/ #19 in 2023

Emily is a girl name of Latin origin.

Meaning of Emily

Rival; industrious. From Roman Aemilia.

Popularity of Emily

Popularity, 1880–2023

6,181 births in 2023

1880 2023

885,015 U.S. births recorded from 1880–2023. Used for both boys and girls — see notes below.

Peak year

1999

26,587 babies

First recorded

1880

Earliest SSA data

Recent trend

Falling

Last 5 yrs vs. prior 5

Variants & nicknames

EmiliaEmilie

Famous people named Emily

Emily Dickinson (poet)
Emily Brontë (author)

Similar names

God is my oath; consecrated to God

From patricia; later also seen as the feminine form of the saint's name Patrick

Priceless; highly praiseworthy

A syllogism in which all three propositions are of the form "All X are Y" or "X is a Y"

In the New Testament, Saul, Apostle to the Gentiles and author of fourteen epistles

Also called John Mark, the first patriarch of Alexandria, credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Mark

Boy · Old English

From Edward, from Ēadweard, from Audawardu, from Audawarduz, corresponding to ed + ward

About this page

Popularity counts come from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national dataset. Meanings and origins are curated from etymological sources. If you spot an error, please let us know.