Emilie
- Pronunciation
- [Eh-mi-lie]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- German Form Of Emily (Industrious)
- Origin
- German
About the Name Emilie
Emilie is the German and French form of Emily, a name that traces to the ancient Roman family name Aemilius — derived from the Latin root aemulus, meaning "industrious," "striving," or "rival" — carried by one of the great patrician clans of the Roman Republic. The French Émilie and the German Emilie maintain the same classical foundation while adding a distinctly continental elegance through their -ie ending, which in French reads as a two-syllable eh-mee-LEE and in English is typically rendered as EH-mi-lee. This spelling variant signals European refinement within a name family that has been one of the most popular in English-speaking countries for decades.
Emilie first entered the US Social Security top-1000 in 2000 and peaked the following year, reaching its best rank of #444 in 2001. It remained a mid-list presence through the following decade and a half, last charting in 2016 at #890 with 316 births — a seventeen-year run accumulating 8,433 total top-1000 births. The 2014 and 2015 figures — 384 births at #733 and 322 births at #867 — show the name maintaining reasonable support before its exit from the charts.
Emilie's quiet appeal is its ability to carry the full classical Roman heritage of Emily in a form that feels slightly more international. The continental -ie ending distinguishes it visually from the American Emily while sharing the exact same sound in everyday use. Recorded variants include Amalea, Amalia, Amalie, Amelie, Emilee, Emilia, Emmalee, and Emylee — one of the larger variant families in American naming, reflecting the enormous popularity of the Aemilius root across spelling traditions.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Emilie
US Popularity History (2000–2016)
Annual US births named Emilie by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2003 with 660 girls named Emilie (girl rank #454 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2016, ranked #890 for girls (316 US births). That's 436 places below its 2003 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Emilie Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Emilie the strongest states are Massachusetts, Florida, Minnesota.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massachusetts | #722 | 36 |
| 2 | Florida | #801 | 99 |
| 3 | Minnesota | #809 | 24 |
| 4 | Virginia | #813 | 36 |
| 5 | Maryland | #820 | 18 |
| 6 | Washington | #830 | 38 |
| 7 | New York | #840 | 121 |
| 8 | Wisconsin | #853 | 21 |
| 9 | Michigan | #878 | 27 |
| 10 | California | #889 | 179 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | #1,127 | 78 |
| 2 | Colorado | #911 | 26 |
| 3 | New Jersey | #893 | 49 |
| 4 | California | #889 | 179 |
| 5 | Michigan | #878 | 27 |
| 6 | Wisconsin | #853 | 21 |
| 7 | New York | #840 | 121 |
| 8 | Washington | #830 | 38 |
| 9 | Maryland | #820 | 18 |
| 10 | Virginia | #813 | 36 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Emilie in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amalea | Hard-Working | Female | Italian |
| Amalia | Spanish Form Of Amelia Industrious | Female | Spanish |
| Amalie | Industrious. Striving. | Female | French |
| Amelie | Hard-Working | Female | French |
| Emilee | Variant Of Emily. Hard Worker. | Female | Latin |
| Emilia | Flattering | Female | Spanish |
| Emmalee | Variation Of The Name Emily | Female | English |
| Emylee | Alternate Spelling: Emily. | Female | English |
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Compare Emilie to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Emilie against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).