Emelie
Emelie, Emélie or Emmelie is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name are:Emelie Andersson, Swedish footballer Emelie Berggren, Swedish ice hockey player Emelie C. S.
- Swedish
Meaning & Origin of Emelie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Emelie, Emélie or Emmelie is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name are:Emelie Andersson, Swedish footballer Emelie Berggren, Swedish ice hockey player Emelie C. S.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Swedish
The Story of Emelie
The earliest SSA record of Emelie as a baby girl name dates back to 1880, when 10 babies received it. 2003 was its biggest year on record, with 76 newborns named Emelie — #2,243 in the national rankings. About 22% of every Emelie on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Emelie ranks #5,005 for baby girls with 26 births, falling sharply (-39%). All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Emelie
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About the name Emelie
Emelie is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Emelie's peak popularity came in 2003 when it ranked #547. Use the chart and map above to compare Emelie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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