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How popular is the name Emile?
Births per year, rank history and how many Emiles are alive today.
Emile (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 976th in 2025 with 31 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2002, when 41 babies were given the name, the 516th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2024, with 40 babies given the name that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 1498 in 2016 before climbing back to the 976th place it holds today. Numbers have been rising in recent years.
The Emile you are most likely to meet is around 24 years old - or else around 2: the name has two living generations. Half of all Emiles born in England and Wales are between 8 and 26, and there are at least 880 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Emile - on average, only one in every 345 such rooms contains a Emile.
How many babies are named Emile each year?
Where does Emile rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Emile most popular?
Emile peaked in 2002, when 41 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Emile?
At least 880 people named Emile born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Emile?
Most living Emiles are between 8 and 26; the most common age is about 24. There is a second cluster around 2.
Is Emile becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.