Emile

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Emile: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Emile: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #500 in 2003, and it stood at #814 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
55times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#500highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2006–2022

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2006	#4157
2007	#5201
2008	#3397
2010	#3533
2011	#2275
2012	#2717
2013	#2062
2014	#2203
2015	#1783
2016	#2757
2017	#2090
2018	#3518
2019	#2170
2020	#2843
2021	#4634
2022	#3970

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2019: #716 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2170 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #818 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2003–2023
Highest recorded position: #500 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2003 (recorded 2003–2023).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #814 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Emile appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 730 births with the name.

Emile across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Emile's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#818 (1996)	#516 (2002)	#814 (2024)	29 of 29	730 (1996–2024)	41 (2002)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#500 (2003)	#500 (2003)	#660 (2023)	2 of 21	7 (2003–2023)	4 (2023)
England and Wales · Girls	#4157 (2006)	#1783 (2015)	#3970 (2022)	16 of 17	137 (2006–2022)	16 (2015)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#842 (2007)	#716 (2019)	#716 (2019)	8 of 13	28 (2007–2019)	4 (2012)

Emile by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Emile in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	85	4 of 10	21
2000s	264	10 of 10	26
2010s	239	10 of 10	24
2020sbusiest	142	5 of 10	28

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 28 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Emile appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #500 in Republic of Ireland in 2003.

Emile's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#814	40	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1071	27	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1104	25	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#985	30	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1273	20	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2170	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1152	23	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1132	24	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1339	19	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2757	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1498	17	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1783	16	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1279	20	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2203	12	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1178	22	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2062	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#882	33	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2717	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#885	34	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2275	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1158	22	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1082	25	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#972	27	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#943	28	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1079	22	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1084	20	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1095	19	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#841	25	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#731	29	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#516	41	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#638	29	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#731	24	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#750	22	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#813	19	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#629	26	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#818	18	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#660	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#716	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#751	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#752	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#768	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #500, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 41 births, registered in England and Wales in 2002.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2003, and 7 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Emili · #758, 21y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Abdel · #500, 26y
Arif · #500, 29y
Damilola · #500, 26y
Devlin · #500, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Abdel · #500, 26y
Arif · #500, 29y
Ayobami · #500, 18y
Ayoola · #500, 13y

Emile was ranked #500 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2003. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Emile and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Emile without appearing here.

Emile moved ahead of

Kari Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3533 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #2275 and #5785.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3518 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2170 and #5591.
Evan Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3518 and #3518 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2170 and #4686.
Finlay Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3397 and #3005 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #3533 and #5707.

Moved ahead of Emile

Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2090 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3518 and #1436.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2170 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2843 and #1313.
Teddy Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2090 and #3229 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3518 and #2340.
Tove Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2843 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #4634 and #3519.

Moved the opposite way to Emile

Fiadh Compare
Between 2013 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Emile went from #2062 to #3970 while Fiadh went from #5742 to #468.

Moved the same way as Emile

Kelly Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Emile went from #629 to #1071 and Kelly from #1454 to #3523.
Brooke Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Emile went from #818 to #1273 and Brooke from #2357 to #4608.
Shannon Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Emile went from #818 to #1152 and Shannon from #1168 to #4702.
Espen Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Emile went from #516 to #814 and Espen from #3225 to #5119.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #500 in Republic of Ireland in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Emile

Emile at a glance

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Popularity journey

Emile across 4 official records

Emile by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Emile across 4 official records

Emile by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Emile and the names beside it

Emile moved ahead of

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