Emilie is a distinctive choice, ranked #596 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Emilie in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#596
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About the Name Emilie
Emilie has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 429 places in five years. It was most popular in 2013 at #232 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Emilie is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Emilie in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Emilie
Emilie Livingston — Emilie Goldblum is a Canadian dancer, aerialist and contortionist, and retired Olympic rhythmic gymnast.
Emilie Beneš Brzezinski — Emilie Benešová–Brzezińska was a Swiss-American sculptor and the wife of Zbigniew Brzeziński.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Emilie
Unlikely. With around 65 UK babies named Emilie per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Emilie in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Emilie is declining: down 188 places since 2020, to #596 in 2025. It peaked at #232 in 2013.
Emilie is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Emilie does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Emilies in the wild.
65
UK babies named Emilie (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 188 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Emilie
Almost certainly the only Emilie in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Emilie
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Emilie Schindler was a Sudeten German-born woman who, with her husband Oskar Schindler, helped to save the lives of 1,200 Jews during World War II by employing them in his enamelware and munitions factories, providing them immunity from the Nazis.