Emil

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #1,267in 2025
  • 1 in 11,019boys in 2025
  • +37%last ten years
  • 2.3×in New Jersey

Most popular in 1884, and up 37% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

07651,52918801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Emil, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18801,077
18811,439
18821,381
18831,329
18841,529
18851,280
18861,146
18871,440
18881,175
18891,320
18901,486
18911,314
18921,287
18931,416
18941,106
18951,159
18961,196
18971,162
18981,288
18991,205
1900844
19011,146
19021,109
19031,074
1904788
1905922
19061,044
19071,022
1908914
1909933
1910999
1911947
1912947
19131,075
19141,045
19151,082
19161,090
19171,085
1918900
1919864
1920785
1921744
1922757
1923728
1924697
1925647
1926614
1927550
1928525
1929463
1930464
1931430
1932375
1933373
1934324
1935307
1936263
1937258
1938290
1939248
1940227
1941242
1942188
1943184
1944163
1945166
1946151
1947141
1948143
1949122
1950116
1951114
1952105
195393
195488
195587
195682
195787
195880
195975
196076
196170
196271
196362
196466
196578
196656
196758
196856
196961
197067
197157
197257
197365
197459
197563
197657
197750
197854
197955
198050
198143
198245
198355
198447
198543
198634
198748
198838
198938
199040
199145
199252
199336
199449
199547
199639
199733
199836
199952
200045
200156
200250
200344
200440
200546
200649
200754
200866
200974
201055
201156
201260
201361
201462
201566
201666
201778
201871
201986
202088
202187
2022108
2023109
202492
202591

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. New Jersey 2.3×
  2. New York 2.3×
  3. Pennsylvania 2.2×
  4. California 1.4×
  5. Florida 1.2×

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
155
Rank in 2025
#1,267
How rare
1 in 11,019 boys
Since 1880
33,096

Most popular in 1884, at 1,529 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 37% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
New Jersey2.3×27
New York2.3×57
Pennsylvania2.2×34
California1.4×75
Florida1.2×32

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.