Fun Facts About the Name Emilly
- More than 1 thousand babies named Emilly: U.S. records list 1,462 babies given the name Emilly from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Emilly Mean?
Emilly is a variant spelling of Emily. The name ultimately comes from the Latin Aemilia, the feminine form of the Roman family name Aemilius. Aemilius is usually connected with Latin aemulus, meaning 'rival' or 'emulating.' That gives the literal sense 'rival.' The broader gloss 'industrious' is sometimes given for Emily, but it properly belongs to the Germanic name Amelia, which has a different origin. Some scholars have suggested that Aemilius is Etruscan rather than Latin, so the derivation from aemulus is not completely certain. Emilly itself has no separate meaning; it shares the etymology of Emily.
Emilly Name History & Origins
The source name is the Roman Aemilia, the feminine of Aemilius. The gens Aemilia was one of the old patrician families of Rome; its members included Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, a consul and ally of Julius Caesar, and Aemilia Lepida. As Latin spread and developed into the Romance languages, the name took forms such as Émilie in French, Emilia in Italian and Spanish, and Emília in Portuguese. In English, the name appears in the Middle Ages; Geoffrey Chaucer used Emelye in 'The Knight's Tale.' The French form Émilie was borne by Saint Émilie de Vialar, a 19th-century nun. The English form Emily derives from these sources. Emilly is an English spelling variant of Emily. It doubles the l and uses i in the second syllable, but it follows the same pronunciation and shares the same history and meaning.
How Popular is the Name Emilly?
Emilly has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2003. Its best rank was #2,397 in 2003.
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 | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,870 | 59 | 0.0037% |
| 2024 | #3,832 | 39 | 0.0024% |
| 2023 | #4,784 | 28 | 0.0017% |
| 2022 | #6,050 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2021 | #8,627 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2020 | #5,923 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2019 | #5,481 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 2018 | #5,506 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 2017 | #4,723 | 29 | 0.0017% |
| 2016 | #5,673 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2015 | #4,016 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 2014 | #5,359 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2013 | #4,683 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 2012 | #4,156 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 2011 | #3,564 | 44 | 0.0025% |
| 2010 | #3,221 | 51 | 0.0029% |
| 2009 | #2,949 | 59 | 0.0032% |
| 2008 | #2,835 | 63 | 0.0033% |
| 2007 | #2,833 | 64 | 0.0033% |
| 2006 | #2,860 | 61 | 0.0032% |
| 2005 | #2,767 | 60 | 0.0032% |
| 2004 | #2,601 | 64 | 0.0035% |
| 2003 | #2,397 | 69 | 0.0038% |
| 2002 | #3,165 | 45 | 0.0025% |
| 2001 | #2,518 | 61 | 0.0034% |
| 2000 | #2,602 | 57 | 0.0031% |
| 1999 | #3,740 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 1998 | #3,369 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 1997 | #3,739 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 1996 | #3,254 | 36 | 0.0021% |
| 1995 | #4,567 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 1994 | #3,471 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 1993 | #4,138 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 1992 | #4,417 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 1991 | #4,698 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 1990 | #5,912 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1989 | #8,994 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1988 | #7,898 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1987 | #6,949 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1985 | #11,161 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #6,877 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1982 | #6,496 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1981 | #10,884 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1980 | #10,855 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1978 | #7,139 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1977 | #7,068 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1976 | #8,452 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1975 | #9,493 | 5 | 0.0003% |
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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