Emilien
Émilien is a French masculine given name and may refer to:Émilien of Nantes, French religious leader canonized as a saint Émilien Allard (1915–1977), Canadian carillonneur, pianist, clarinetist, and composer Émilien Amaury (1909-1977), French publishing magnate Émilien-Benoît Bergès, French road racing cyclist Émilien Dumas (1804–1873), French scholar, paleontologist, and geologist Émilien…
- French
Meaning & Origin of Emilien
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Émilien is a French masculine given name and may refer to:Émilien of Nantes, French religious leader canonized as a saint Émilien Allard (1915–1977), Canadian carillonneur, pianist, clarinetist, and composer Émilien Amaury (1909-1977), French publishing magnate Émilien-Benoît Bergès, French road racing cyclist Émilien Dumas (1804–1873), French scholar, paleontologist, and geologist Émilien…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- French
The Story of Emilien
Emilien first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1914, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1927: 6 births, good for #3,780 nationwide. About 52% of every Emilien on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Emilien last appeared in the published SSA data in 1935, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 21 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Emilien
Emilien is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1914 and has accumulated 21 births in the dataset. Emilien's peak popularity came in 1927 when it ranked #3,780. Use the chart and map above to compare Emilien'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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