Emilia
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to English Emily.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Emilia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Emilia has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2006. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 307 |
| 1999 | 611 |
| 2000 | 601 |
| 2001 | 563 |
| 2002 | 629 |
| 2003 | 626 |
| 2004 | 565 |
| 2005 | 553 |
| 2006 | 630 |
| 2007 | 580 |
| 2008 | 520 |
| 2009 | 542 |
| 2010 | 517 |
| 2011 | 499 |
| 2012 | 471 |
| 2013 | 478 |
| 2014 | 419 |
| 2015 | 360 |
| 2016 | 403 |
| 2017 | 339 |
| 2018 | 300 |
| 2019 | 275 |
| 2020 | 242 |
| 2021 | 275 |
| 2022 | 189 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 4,621 |
| 2000 | 5,217 |
| 2001 | 5,772 |
| 2002 | 6,396 |
| 2003 | 7,024 |
| 2004 | 7,592 |
| 2005 | 8,128 |
| 2006 | 8,764 |
| 2007 | 9,363 |
| 2008 | 9,932 |
| 2009 | 10,488 |
| 2010 | 11,033 |
| 2011 | 11,528 |
| 2012 | 12,002 |
| 2013 | 12,506 |
| 2014 | 12,954 |
| 2015 | 13,332 |
| 2016 | 13,753 |
| 2017 | 14,113 |
| 2018 | 14,432 |
| 2019 | 14,704 |
| 2020 | 14,934 |
Emilia in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Emilia.Hi! My name is Emilia.
- Emilia har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Emilia has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Vet du om Emilia kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Emilia is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Emilias mamma är lärare.Emilia's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Emilias mamma is Emilia's mum.
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Questions about Emilia
How do you pronounce Emilia in Swedish?
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What does the name Emilia mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to English Emily.
How popular is Emilia in Sweden?
189 babies were named Emilia in 2022. In 2020, 14,934 people in Sweden had Emilia as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2006 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.