Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Emile

Gender

Male

Origin

French
industrious

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Emile

Pronunciation

e-mi-le

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1922 (rank #478, 167 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2091, 70 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1994 (rank #5446, 17 births); most recent 2018 (rank #13787, 6 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
202570–
202482–
202366–
202272–
202183–
202071–
201965–
2018606
201766–
201660–

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2002 (rank #516, 41 births); most recent 2025 (rank #976, 31 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2015 (rank #1783, 16 births); most recent 2022 (rank #3969, 5 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
202531–
202440–
202327–
2022255
2021304
2020208
20192312
2018246
20171913
2016179

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1920 (rank #19, 4,973 births); most recent 2023 (rank #93, 735 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1918 (rank #524, 7 births); most recent 1954 (rank #1406, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
2023735–
2022692–
2021699–
2020633–
2019543–
2018487–
2017516–
2016462–
2015425–
2014403–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2023 (rank #626, 4 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2019 (rank #700, 4 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoysGirls
2025––
2024––
20234–
2022––
2021––
2020––
2019–4
2018–3
2017–3
2016––

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2016 (rank #707, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
20163

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2010 (rank #509, 6 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence