Fun Facts About the Name Emiliano
- Gaining ground: Emiliano entered the U.S. top 100 in 2025, gaining 19 ranking positions compared with the previous year.
- More than 42 thousand babies named Emiliano: U.S. records list 42,834 babies given the name Emiliano from 1880 through 2025. Even 5 girls received the name Emiliano - about 1 girl for every 8,566 boys.
What Does the Name Emiliano Mean?
Emiliano is the Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese form of the Latin name Aemilianus. Aemilianus is a Roman cognomen derived from the family name Aemilius with the suffix -ianus; its literal sense is "of Aemilius" or "belonging to Aemilius." The customary meaning "rival" or "emulating" comes from Aemilius, which is usually connected with the Latin adjective aemulus, meaning "rival" or "emulating." The ultimate origin of Aemilius is not fully documented, and the link to aemulus is the common explanation rather than a certainty.
In form, Emiliano is not a direct English development; it preserves the Romance outcome of Aemilianus. The feminine Emilia and the English Emily come from the same Roman root, but Emiliano's immediate parent is the masculine cognomen Aemilianus.
Emiliano Name History & Origins
The Aemilii were one of Rome's oldest patrician clans, and the cognomen Aemilianus marked a member of that clan or a man adopted into it. Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus, the Roman general who destroyed Carthage in 146 BC, was born an Aemilius and carried the name after adoption into the Scipio family. A Roman emperor, Marcus Aemilius Aemilianus, ruled briefly in 253 AD, showing the name's continued use in the imperial period.
In Christian Europe, the related saint's name Emilian remained in use. Saint Emilian (San Millán) of Cogolla, a 6th-century hermit in what is now La Rioja, Spain, became an important local figure. From Latin, Aemilianus passed into the Romance languages as Emiliano in Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese.
In the modern Spanish-speaking world, Emiliano is also the given name of Emiliano Zapata (1879 - 1919), a leader of the Mexican Revolution. In English, Emiliano is chiefly a borrowing from Spanish and Italian rather than an inherited English name.
How Popular is the Name Emiliano?
Emiliano recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2025. Emiliano entered the top 100 U.S. boy names in 2025.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | #17,030 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #94 | 3,701 | 0.2167% |
| 2024 | #113 | 3,125 | 0.1822% |
| 2023 | #133 | 2,789 | 0.1632% |
| 2022 | #153 | 2,485 | 0.1425% |
| 2021 | #171 | 2,242 | 0.1282% |
| 2020 | #175 | 2,206 | 0.1279% |
| 2019 | #175 | 2,207 | 0.1231% |
| 2018 | #191 | 2,116 | 0.1166% |
| 2017 | #208 | 1,876 | 0.1014% |
| 2016 | #228 | 1,700 | 0.0896% |
| 2015 | #230 | 1,675 | 0.0874% |
| 2014 | #255 | 1,482 | 0.0772% |
| 2013 | #293 | 1,196 | 0.0632% |
| 2012 | #302 | 1,141 | 0.0602% |
| 2011 | #283 | 1,244 | 0.0655% |
| 2010 | #240 | 1,451 | 0.0756% |
| 2009 | #270 | 1,275 | 0.0643% |
| 2008 | #314 | 1,061 | 0.0520% |
| 2007 | #336 | 952 | 0.0459% |
| 2006 | #331 | 971 | 0.0472% |
| 2005 | #337 | 885 | 0.0443% |
| 2004 | #364 | 767 | 0.0386% |
| 2003 | #431 | 591 | 0.0299% |
| 2002 | #459 | 529 | 0.0272% |
| 2001 | #528 | 419 | 0.0216% |
| 2000 | #634 | 289 | 0.0147% |
| 1999 | #873 | 173 | 0.0090% |
| 1998 | #1,056 | 128 | 0.0067% |
| 1997 | #993 | 130 | 0.0069% |
| 1996 | #1,033 | 119 | 0.0063% |
| 1995 | #1,249 | 87 | 0.0046% |
| 1994 | #1,222 | 89 | 0.0046% |
| 1993 | #1,325 | 74 | 0.0038% |
| 1992 | #1,579 | 56 | 0.0028% |
| 1991 | #1,508 | 58 | 0.0029% |
| 1990 | #1,850 | 42 | 0.0020% |
| 1989 | #1,269 | 73 | 0.0036% |
| 1988 | #1,795 | 38 | 0.0020% |
| 1987 | #1,490 | 48 | 0.0026% |
| 1986 | #1,626 | 40 | 0.0022% |
| 1985 | #1,881 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 1984 | #1,586 | 38 | 0.0021% |
| 1983 | #1,544 | 39 | 0.0022% |
| 1982 | #1,399 | 46 | 0.0025% |
| 1981 | #1,298 | 51 | 0.0028% |
| 1980 | #1,205 | 58 | 0.0033% |
| 1979 | #1,470 | 41 | 0.0024% |
| 1978 | #1,191 | 56 | 0.0034% |
| 1977 | #1,256 | 50 | 0.0030% |
| 1976 | #1,032 | 65 | 0.0041% |
| 1975 | #1,215 | 49 | 0.0031% |
| 1974 | #1,274 | 44 | 0.0028% |
| 1973 | #1,141 | 52 | 0.0033% |
| 1972 | #1,296 | 42 | 0.0026% |
| 1971 | #1,357 | 39 | 0.0022% |
| 1970 | #1,474 | 33 | 0.0018% |
| 1969 | #1,381 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 1968 | #2,052 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1967 | #1,826 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1966 | #1,772 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1965 | #1,879 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1964 | #2,457 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1963 | #2,066 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1962 | #2,559 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1961 | #1,752 | 22 | 0.0010% |
| 1960 | #2,246 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1959 | #2,576 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1958 | #2,555 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1957 | #2,703 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1956 | #3,040 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1955 | #2,830 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1954 | #1,604 | 23 | 0.0011% |
| 1953 | #2,061 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1952 | #2,936 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1951 | #2,417 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1950 | #2,135 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1949 | #2,863 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1948 | #2,053 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1947 | #2,725 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1946 | #2,586 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1945 | #2,296 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1943 | #3,691 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1942 | #3,323 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1941 | #2,244 | 11 | 0.0009% |
| 1940 | #3,605 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1939 | #2,921 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1938 | #3,283 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1937 | #3,264 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1936 | #2,702 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1934 | #2,050 | 13 | 0.0013% |
| 1933 | #3,392 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1932 | #2,930 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1931 | #2,925 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1930 | #2,657 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1929 | #2,127 | 14 | 0.0013% |
| 1928 | #3,168 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1927 | #2,446 | 12 | 0.0011% |
| 1926 | #2,979 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1925 | #2,637 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1924 | #4,019 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1923 | #2,369 | 13 | 0.0012% |
| 1922 | #2,866 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1921 | #3,292 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1920 | #3,594 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1916 | #3,616 | 6 | 0.0007% |
| 1914 | #3,012 | 6 | 0.0009% |
| 1885 | #867 | 6 | 0.0056% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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