Emil
#636 most common boys' name of all time · #1,421 across all names · >99% boys / <1% girls · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#636
Rank overall
#1,421 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
33,230
Since 2016
1,546
Peak year
1917 #137
Best rank
#90 1881
Girls
Boys
peak 1,012/yr
Emil is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 155 | 155 | #1,267 |
| 2024 | — | 159 | 159 | #1,243 |
| 2023 | — | 187 | 187 | #1,128 |
| 2022 | — | 188 | 188 | #1,125 |
| 2021 | — | 152 | 152 | #1,253 |
| 2020 | — | 152 | 152 | #1,233 |
| 2019 | — | 155 | 155 | #1,226 |
| 2018 | — | 129 | 129 | #1,364 |
| 2017 | — | 144 | 144 | #1,264 |
| 2016 | — | 125 | 125 | #1,399 |
| 2015 | — | 127 | 127 | #1,369 |
| 2014 | — | 120 | 120 | #1,402 |
| 2013 | — | 115 | 115 | #1,434 |
| 2012 | — | 114 | 114 | #1,449 |
| 2011 | — | 106 | 106 | #1,510 |
| 2010 | — | 106 | 106 | #1,525 |
| 2009 | — | 147 | 147 | #1,218 |
| 2008 | — | 134 | 134 | #1,294 |
| 2007 | — | 113 | 113 | #1,434 |
| 2006 | — | 101 | 101 | #1,501 |
| 2005 | — | 92 | 92 | #1,536 |
| 2004 | — | 79 | 79 | #1,629 |
| 2003 | — | 86 | 86 | #1,498 |
| 2002 | — | 97 | 97 | #1,358 |
| 2001 | — | 109 | 109 | #1,221 |
| 2000 | — | 89 | 89 | #1,401 |
| 1999 | — | 99 | 99 | #1,250 |
| 1998 | — | 69 | 69 | #1,546 |
| 1997 | — | 63 | 63 | #1,599 |
| 1996 | — | 73 | 73 | #1,422 |
| 1995 | — | 90 | 90 | #1,222 |
| 1994 | — | 95 | 95 | #1,169 |
| 1993 | — | 71 | 71 | #1,358 |
| 1992 | — | 104 | 104 | #1,077 |
| 1991 | — | 91 | 91 | #1,155 |
| 1990 | — | 82 | 82 | #1,201 |
| 1989 | — | 76 | 76 | #1,228 |
| 1988 | — | 73 | 73 | #1,179 |
| 1987 | — | 89 | 89 | #1,004 |
| 1986 | — | 63 | 63 | #1,200 |
| 1985 | — | 79 | 79 | #1,035 |
| 1984 | — | 84 | 84 | #968 |
| 1983 | — | 98 | 98 | #889 |
| 1982 | — | 82 | 82 | #995 |
| 1981 | — | 77 | 77 | #1,037 |
| 1980 | — | 89 | 89 | #954 |
| 1979 | — | 94 | 94 | #901 |
| 1978 | — | 89 | 89 | #915 |
| 1977 | — | 82 | 82 | #937 |
| 1976 | — | 89 | 89 | #883 |
| 1975 | — | 98 | 98 | #837 |
| 1974 | — | 92 | 92 | #837 |
| 1973 | — | 102 | 102 | #786 |
| 1972 | — | 92 | 92 | #837 |
| 1971 | — | 101 | 101 | #799 |
| 1970 | — | 124 | 124 | #737 |
| 1969 | — | 109 | 109 | #750 |
| 1968 | — | 97 | 97 | #751 |
| 1967 | — | 102 | 102 | #731 |
| 1966 | — | 99 | 99 | #740 |
| 1965 | — | 146 | 146 | #628 |
| 1964 | — | 132 | 132 | #669 |
| 1963 | — | 125 | 125 | #692 |
| 1962 | — | 147 | 147 | #638 |
| 1961 | — | 148 | 148 | #645 |
| 1960 | 5 | 161 | 166 | #615 |
| 1959 | — | 161 | 161 | #607 |
| 1958 | — | 170 | 170 | #594 |
| 1957 | — | 188 | 188 | #562 |
| 1956 | — | 173 | 173 | #579 |
| 1955 | — | 179 | 179 | #550 |
| 1954 | — | 179 | 179 | #540 |
| 1953 | — | 184 | 184 | #520 |
| 1952 | — | 205 | 205 | #492 |
| 1951 | — | 215 | 215 | #464 |
| 1950 | — | 207 | 207 | #463 |
| 1949 | — | 217 | 217 | #454 |
| 1948 | — | 251 | 251 | #423 |
| 1947 | — | 258 | 258 | #424 |
| 1946 | — | 246 | 246 | #407 |
| 1945 | — | 223 | 223 | #402 |
| 1944 | — | 222 | 222 | #401 |
| 1943 | — | 262 | 262 | #379 |
| 1942 | — | 259 | 259 | #376 |
| 1941 | — | 297 | 297 | #334 |
| 1940 | — | 263 | 263 | #349 |
| 1939 | — | 275 | 275 | #337 |
| 1938 | 5 | 322 | 327 | #304 |
| 1937 | — | 275 | 275 | #327 |
| 1936 | — | 273 | 273 | #331 |
| 1935 | 5 | 320 | 325 | #304 |
| 1934 | — | 335 | 335 | #297 |
| 1933 | — | 370 | 370 | #273 |
| 1932 | — | 392 | 392 | #276 |
| 1931 | 7 | 447 | 454 | #254 |
| 1930 | 5 | 509 | 514 | #246 |
| 1929 | 7 | 498 | 505 | #248 |
| 1928 | 7 | 582 | 589 | #225 |
| 1927 | 7 | 620 | 627 | #215 |
| 1926 | 6 | 682 | 688 | #203 |
| 1925 | 8 | 722 | 730 | #191 |
| 1924 | 6 | 790 | 796 | #181 |
| 1923 | 6 | 798 | 804 | #175 |
| 1922 | 6 | 824 | 830 | #173 |
| 1921 | 8 | 819 | 827 | #177 |
| 1920 | 7 | 835 | 842 | #167 |
| 1919 | 7 | 847 | 854 | #159 |
| 1918 | — | 912 | 912 | #154 |
| 1917 | 8 | 1,004 | 1,012 | #137 |
| 1916 | — | 970 | 970 | #140 |
| 1915 | 8 | 918 | 926 | #138 |
| 1914 | 5 | 684 | 689 | #143 |
| 1913 | 6 | 551 | 557 | #142 |
| 1912 | — | 407 | 407 | #146 |
| 1911 | — | 214 | 214 | #156 |
| 1910 | — | 194 | 194 | #161 |
| 1909 | — | 153 | 153 | #162 |
| 1908 | — | 141 | 141 | #164 |
| 1907 | — | 150 | 150 | #150 |
| 1906 | — | 139 | 139 | #149 |
| 1905 | — | 122 | 122 | #164 |
| 1904 | — | 101 | 101 | #181 |
| 1903 | — | 128 | 128 | #146 |
| 1902 | — | 136 | 136 | #139 |
| 1901 | — | 122 | 122 | #136 |
| 1900 | — | 127 | 127 | #165 |
| 1899 | — | 128 | 128 | #124 |
| 1898 | — | 158 | 158 | #116 |
| 1897 | — | 131 | 131 | #126 |
| 1896 | 5 | 143 | 148 | #125 |
| 1895 | — | 136 | 136 | #122 |
| 1894 | — | 128 | 128 | #124 |
| 1893 | — | 159 | 159 | #110 |
| 1892 | — | 157 | 157 | #113 |
| 1891 | — | 133 | 133 | #110 |
| 1890 | — | 165 | 165 | #101 |
| 1889 | — | 146 | 146 | #109 |
| 1888 | — | 142 | 142 | #116 |
| 1887 | — | 146 | 146 | #100 |
| 1886 | — | 127 | 127 | #117 |
| 1885 | — | 138 | 138 | #105 |
| 1884 | — | 175 | 175 | #91 |
| 1883 | — | 139 | 139 | #99 |
| 1882 | — | 157 | 157 | #93 |
| 1881 | — | 145 | 145 | #90 |
| 1880 | — | 119 | 119 | #113 |