Emerald

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Emerald: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #905, and it stood at #1,230 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#905highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1522
1997	#2411
1998	#1319
1999	#1557
2000	#2167
2001	#1617
2002	#1928
2003	#1722
2004	#2278
2005	#3970
2006	#2137
2007	#2627
2008	#2292
2009	#4564
2010	#2843
2011	#2025
2012	#3285
2013	#1956
2014	#2314
2015	#2705
2016	#2547
2017	#2201
2018	#2499
2019	#1782
2020	#1939
2021	#1569
2022	#1452
2023	#1288
2024	#1230

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 England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2022: #905 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1452 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1522 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1230 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Emerald 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 Emerald in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	42	4 of 10	11
2000s	82	10 of 10	8
2010s	110	10 of 10	11
2020sbusiest	106	5 of 10	21

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 21 births a year.

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

Emerald 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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #905 in Republic of Ireland in 2022.

Emerald'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	#1230	27	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1288	25	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1452	21	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1569	19	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1939	14	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1782	16	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2547	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2705	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2314	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1956	14	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2025	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2292	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2627	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2137	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2278	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1722	11	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1928	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1617	11	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1557	11	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1319	14	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1522	11	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#905	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #905, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 27 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2022, and 26 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.

Emely · #277, 31y
Emer · #43, 62y
Emerson · #594, 29y
Emery · #288, 15y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Maymunah · #905, 27y
Myriam · #905, 26y
Senna · #905, 26y
Clea · #907, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Lenka · #905, 20y
Maymunah · #905, 27y
Myriam · #905, 26y
Senna · #905, 26y

Emerald was ranked #905 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2022. 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.

Emerald 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 Emerald without appearing here.

Emerald moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2499 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1782 and #5591.
Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3285 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2314 and #5691.
Yvonne Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2201 and #2090 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2499 and #5666.
Denise Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3285 and #1720 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1956 and #4739.

Moved ahead of Emerald

Blake Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2025 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3285 and #1893.
Harper Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2278 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #3970 and #2682.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2201 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2499 and #1436.
Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1617 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1928 and #938.

Moved the opposite way to Emerald

Hayden Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Emerald went from #2167 to #1230 while Hayden went from #3912 to #5891.

Moved the same way as Emerald

Blake Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Emerald went from #2411 to #1230 and Blake from #3824 to #432.
Ezra Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Emerald went from #2411 to #1230 and Ezra from #3824 to #1302.
Finlay Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Emerald went from #1522 to #2499 and Finlay from #1646 to #4684.
Helene Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Emerald went from #1522 to #2499 and Helene from #1168 to #4684.

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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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #905 in Republic of Ireland in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Emerald at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Emerald by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Emerald at a glance

Emerald by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Emerald appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Emerald

Emerald and the names beside it

Emerald moved ahead of

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