Names / Boy names
Emil
Current rank
#1,269
holding steady
All-time peak
#90
in 1881
First recorded
1880
in U.S. data
Children named
33,200
since 1880
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #90 in 1881 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Rival (Latin). It first appears in American naming data in 1880. Its strongest year was 1881, at #90 nationally. It now sits outside the national top 1,000, which keeps it uncommon. More than 33,200 children have been given the name overall.