Name meaning & stats
Emelia
Emelia means “rival (debated)” (Latin origin). 12,247 US babies since 1940, peak 2019.
What it means
“rival (debated)”
LatinForm of Emilia
In US birth records
Peak year: 2019
12,247 US babies were named Emelia between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Emelia (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 7 Emilias spell it Emelia
- Emilia 80%
- Emelia 15%
- Emmelia 1%
- Emilea 1%
- Emmalea 1%
- Emillia <1%
- Emylia <1%
- Emmalia <1%
- Emalia <1%
- Emilya <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2019)