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Baby name
Emily
Girl
Origin of the name
Emily is the English form of Aemilia, the feminine of Aemilius, the name of an old Roman family. A link with the Latin aemulus, “rival,” is sometimes suggested, but it is not certain.
Classic name
896,487births since 1880
1990sgeneration
No. 1rank at its peak, in 1999
Where babies named Emily are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Emily is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Emily is most common in New Hampshire (1.6 times), Nevada (1.6) and Alaska (1.5), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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