Emilio

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Emilio Estevez

American actor, director, and writer

Choose Emilio and your child shares a first name with Emilio Estevez, an American actor, director, and writer. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Emilio, like who?” Emilio Estevez's Wikipedia article is available in 79 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 713 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Emilio, 2,397 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Emilio would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryEmilio first shows up in US birth records in 1882, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 143 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 2024, when it reached #151.
• 📈Then vs nowEmilio is 3.5× more common today than it was in 2000. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 2,486 baby boys; in 2025, about 1 in 713.
• 🚀TrendEmilio has climbed 75 places in the US rankings over the last five years and now sits at #154. Fast risers like this often keep climbing, so expect to hear it more.
• 📍Where it's lovedEmilio is most popular in California, where it ranks #66, followed by Nevada (#68) and Arizona (#71). It makes the top 1,000 in almost every state.
• 💬MeaningIn Spanish, Emilio means “rival, striving”. Our records link it to Hispanic, Italian and Latin roots.
• 🌍OriginEmilio is the #6 most popular Hispanic boy name in the US. That's out of 44 Hispanic boy and unisex names in our list.

About the name Emilio

Emilio is a boy name of Hispanic, Italian and Latin origin meaning “rival, striving”. It has 6 letters and 3 syllables, starting with E and ending in “-lio”. US birth records list Emilio for boys from 1882 to 2025, in 134 of those 144 years. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked #151 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #154, with 2,397 babies.

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