Emmeline

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Emmeline: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Emmeline: Recorded since 1975, with a gap of 13 years, it reached #262 in 2018, and it stood at #398 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
63times a registrar ranked it
51years from first to last
#262highest recorded position
18groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Emmeline's record

Absent from every published list for 13 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1072
1997	#983
1998	#1259
1999	#1060
2000	#1389
2001	#1520
2002	#1317
2003	#1552
2004	#1459
2005	#1500
2006	#1660
2007	#1234
2008	#1034
2009	#897
2010	#840
2011	#749
2012	#573
2013	#445
2014	#458
2015	#395
2016	#409
2017	#347
2018	#262
2019	#300
2020	#333
2021	#318
2022	#345
2023	#389
2024	#451

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 11 of the 51 years from 1975 to 2025.

In 2025: #398 among girls in Norway, #608 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1975–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1975
First recorded at #455 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1975 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #262 among girls in England and Wales, in 2018 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #398 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Emmeline appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 29 ranked years and 1,932 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1975.

Emmeline across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Emmeline's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#455 (1975)	#455 (1975)	#608 (2025)	11 of 51	46 (1975–2025)	6 (2016)
England and Wales · Girls	#1072 (1996)	#262 (2018)	#451 (2024)	29 of 29	1,932 (1996–2024)	187 (2018)
Norway · Girls	#492 (2005)	#288 (2012)	#398 (2025)	21 of 21	227 (2005–2025)	17 (2011)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#439 (2014)	#361 (2018)	#361 (2018)	2 of 5	7 (2014–2018)	4 (2018)

Emmeline by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Emmeline in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	73	4 of 10	18
2000s	185	10 of 10	19
2010s	1,067	10 of 10	107
2020sbusiest	607	5 of 10	121

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 121 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2017 and 2018, when recorded births rose by 50, from 137 to 187.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Emmeline appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1975 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #262 in England and Wales in 2018.

Emmeline's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#451	92	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#389	106	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#345	124	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#318	148	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#333	137	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#300	161	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#262	187	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#347	137	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#409	110	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#395	116	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#458	96	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#445	94	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#573	74	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#749	50	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#840	42	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#897	37	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1034	29	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1234	22	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1660	14	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1500	15	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1459	15	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1552	13	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1317	15	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1520	12	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1389	13	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1060	19	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1259	15	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#983	21	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1072	18	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#361	4	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#439	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#398	7	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#396	7	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#505	4	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#354	9	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#339	9	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#292	13	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#352	10	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#290	15	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#338	12	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#387	10	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#312	15	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#303	15	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#303	16	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#288	17	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#294	17	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#335	14	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#388	11	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#506	6	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#474	7	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#479	7	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#492	6	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#608	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#736	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#634	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#585	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#768	4	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#542	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#455	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1975 and 2025, ranked in 33 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #262, first reached in 2018.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 187 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 13 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 39 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Emme · #229, 22y
Emmeli · #195, 22y
Emmet · #82, 61y
Emmett · #129, 61y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Blossom · #262, 30y
Sacha · #261, 32y
Brady · #264, 30y
Ocean · #260, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Antoin · #263, 20y
Emina · #263, 38y
Feidhlim · #263, 31y
Fredrikke · #261, 41y

Emmeline was ranked #262 in England and Wales · Girls in 2018. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Emmeline and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Emmeline without appearing here.

Emmeline moved ahead of

Brittany Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1500 and #1500 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1660 and #3548.
Bernadette Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1660 and #1435 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #1234 and #2233.
Tracey Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1660 and #1435 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #1234 and #2233.
Geraldine Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1520 and #1170 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1317 and #2301.

Moved ahead of Emmeline

Mila Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1317 and #1442 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #1552 and #799.
Ada Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1459 and #1617 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #1500 and #951.
Ivy Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1060 and #1216 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1389 and #1033.
Harper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #749 and #858 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #573 and #284.

Moved the opposite way to Emmeline

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Emmeline went from #1072 to #451 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Emmeline went from #1072 to #451 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Emmeline went from #1072 to #451 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Emmeline went from #1072 to #451 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Emmeline

Marie Compare
Between 1975 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Emmeline went from #455 to #736 and Marie from #36 to #556.
Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Emmeline went from #1072 to #451 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Emmeline went from #1072 to #451 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Emmeline went from #1072 to #451 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1975 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #262 in England and Wales in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Emmeline

Emmeline at a glance

What stands out in Emmeline's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Emmeline across 4 official records

Emmeline by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Emmeline appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

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Emmeline and the names beside it

Emmeline moved ahead of

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Emmeline at a glance

What stands out in Emmeline's record

Emmeline across 4 official records

Emmeline by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Emmeline appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Emmeline

Emmeline and the names beside it

Emmeline moved ahead of

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