Emiliano

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⭐ Famous Emiliano

Emiliano Martínez

Argentine footballer (born 1992)

Choose Emiliano and your child shares a first name with Emiliano Martínez, an Argentine footballer. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Emiliano, like who?” Emiliano Martínez's Wikipedia article is available in 63 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 462 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Emiliano, 3,701 babies in all. In a school of 500 kids, there'd probably be one other Emiliano.
• 📜HistoryEmiliano first shows up in US birth records in 1885, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 140 years since.
• 🏆Best yearEmiliano is at its all-time high right now: #94 in 2025.
• 📈Then vs nowEmiliano is 15× more common today than it was in 2000. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 6,798 baby boys; in 2025, about 1 in 462.
• 🚀TrendEmiliano has climbed 81 places in the US rankings over the last five years and now sits at #94. Fast risers like this often keep climbing, so expect to hear it more.
• 📍Where it's lovedEmiliano is most popular in California, where it ranks #21, followed by Arizona (#24) and New Mexico (#28). It makes the top 1,000 in almost every state.
• 💬MeaningIn Latin, Emiliano means “rival, striving”. Our records link it to Italian, Latin and Mexican roots.
• 🌍OriginEmiliano is the #6 most popular Italian boy name in the US. That's out of 721 Italian boy and unisex names in our list.

About the name Emiliano

Emiliano is a boy name of Italian, Latin and Mexican origin meaning “rival, striving”. It has 8 letters and 4 syllables, starting with E and ending in “-ano”. US birth records list Emiliano for boys from 1885 to 2025, in 107 of those 141 years. Its best year was 2025, when it ranked #94 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #94, with 3,701 babies.

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