Gender: Girl
Meaning: Rival, striving, industrious
Origin: Latin (variant)
Popularity: Ranked #573 in 2024 with 527 babies born.
History: Emelia surged in the 2010s-2020s as a creative spelling of Amelia. The E-start gives it a different visual identity while keeping the same beautiful sound. Emelia represents the American approach to hugely popular names — personalize through spelling, distinguish through letters.
Name length: 6 letters
How common is Emelia? About 1 in 6,316 babies born in 2024 were named Emelia, or roughly 1.4 per day in the United States.
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