Boy
Emilio
Emilio means "Italian/Spanish form of Emil" and comes from Italian, giving it real etymological depth as a boy's name. It is having a real moment, more popular in the 2000s than ever before. These days, it is neither rare nor overly common. 2017 was this name's high-water mark in the U.S. birth records.
ItalianItalian/Spanish form of Emil
LatinLatin "aemulus" – "rival, striving"
Births by decade
1900s
127
1910s
717
1920s
1,419
1930s
1,185
1940s
1,096
1950s
1,393
1960s
1,562
1970s
1,971
1980s
2,694
1990s
6,750
2000s
10,212
2010s
9,662
Peaked in the 2000s · 38,788 total U.S. births since 1900