Emelie comes from the Germanic / Swedish tradition, meaning Work, industrious, striving.
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How popular is Emelie?
2003peak year
Today, Emelie is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #3711), with only about 43 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2003, 76 babies were given the name (ranked #2245 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2000s. Emelie has been declining in recent years. In all, around 2,587 babies have been registered as Emelie since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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