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Emile

Emile is a boy's name meaning "French form of Emil", drawing on French roots. It peaked back in the 1920s and has been gradually easing since. In the current registry, it is uncommon enough to feel personal. 1921 was this name's high-water mark in the U.S. birth records.

FrenchFrench form of Emil
LatinLatin "aemulus" – "rival, striving"
Births by decade
1900s
274
1910s
1,142
1920s
1,482
1930s
1,000
1940s
851
1950s
697
1960s
532
1970s
426
1980s
449
1990s
458
2000s
505
2010s
411
Peaked in the 1920s · 8,227 total U.S. births since 1900