Ember

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Ember: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #215, and it stood at #885 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
34times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#215highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2000–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2000	#3912
2004	#3197
2005	#4798
2006	#2137
2007	#4294
2008	#3860
2009	#1837
2010	#1584
2011	#2432
2012	#1483
2013	#1360
2014	#1016
2015	#1033
2016	#594
2017	#648
2018	#478
2019	#500
2020	#478
2021	#373
2022	#382
2023	#381
2024	#247

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 5 of the 30 years from 1996 to 2025.

In 2024: #215 among girls in Scotland, #247 among girls in England and Wales, #407 among girls in Northern Ireland, #631 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #534 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #885 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Ember appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 22 ranked years and 1,114 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1996.

Ember 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.

Ember'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	#534 (1996)	#534 (1996)	#885 (2025)	5 of 30	18 (1996–2025)	5 (2024)
England and Wales · Girls	#3912 (2000)	#247 (2024)	#247 (2024)	22 of 25	1,114 (2000–2024)	194 (2024)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#336 (2019)	#266 (2021)	#407 (2024)	3 of 6	13 (2019–2024)	6 (2021)
England and Wales · Boys	#3449 (2022)	#2546 (2023)	#4270 (2024)	3 of 3	17 (2022–2024)	8 (2023)

Ember 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 Ember in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	44	7 of 10	6
2010s	449	10 of 10	45
2020sbusiest	621	5 of 10	124

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 124 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2023 and 2024, when recorded births rose by 85, from 109 to 194.

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

Ember 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 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #215 in Scotland in 2024.

Ember'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	#247	194	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#4270	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#381	109	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2546	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#382	111	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#373	123	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#478	84	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#500	82	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#478	90	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#648	64	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#594	71	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1033	34	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1016	35	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1360	24	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1483	21	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2432	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1584	18	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1837	14	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2137	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#407	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#266	6	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#336	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#885	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#631	5	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#534	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#215	17	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #215, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 194 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2000, and 28 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.

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Emel · #1958, 24y

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.

Arwen · #215, 26y
Matas · #213, 28y
Elora · #218, 29y
Izzy · #218, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Arwen · #215, 26y
Haydn · #215, 29y
Radha · #215, 27y
Cai · #214, 29y

Ember was ranked #215 in Scotland · Girls in 2024. 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.

Ember 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 Ember without appearing here.

Ember moved ahead of

Martine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4294 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1584 and #5707.
Cecilie Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3860 and #3860 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #1837 and #5556.
Ellinor Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3860 and #3860 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #1837 and #5556.
Kristy Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3860 and #3860 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #1837 and #5556.

Moved ahead of Ember

Harper Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3197 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #4798 and #2682.

Moved the opposite way to Ember

Abigail Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ember went from #3912 to #247 while Abigail went from #19 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ember went from #3912 to #247 while Aimee went from #72 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ember went from #3912 to #247 while Aisling went from #443 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ember went from #3912 to #247 while Alex went from #186 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Ember

Ada Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ember went from #3912 to #247 and Ada from #1831 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ember went from #3912 to #247 and Alma from #2416 to #234.
Amalie Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ember went from #3912 to #247 and Amalie from #3912 to #1128.
Amelia Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ember went from #3912 to #247 and Amelia from #35 to #2.

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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 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #215 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ember

Ember at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ember across 4 official records

Ember by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Ember at a glance

Ember across 4 official records

Ember by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Ember appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Ember

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Ember moved ahead of

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