Name meaning & stats
Emil
Emil means “rival” (Latin origin). 11,521 US babies since 1940, peak 1941.
What it means
“rival”
LatinWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1941
11,521 US babies were named Emil between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Emil (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 70% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1941)