Emily-May

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Emily-May: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #894 in 2013, and it stood at #4,535 in 2020.

2registrars recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
25years from first to last
#894highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2020

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1997	#2152
1998	#2701
1999	#2189
2000	#1995
2001	#3262
2002	#4137
2003	#1843
2004	#2530
2005	#2970
2006	#2781
2007	#2085
2008	#1391
2009	#2019
2010	#1993
2011	#2275
2012	#1720
2013	#2460
2014	#1411
2015	#1961
2016	#2120
2017	#2706
2018	#2499
2019	#4001
2020	#4535

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2020.

In 2013: #894 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2460 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2020 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2350 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
Highest recorded2012–2013
Highest recorded position: #894 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2013 (recorded 2012–2013).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2020
Most recently recorded at #4535 among girls in England and Wales, in 2020.
England and Wales · Girls

Emily-May appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 25 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 241 births with the name.

Emily-May across 2 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.

Emily-May'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
England and Wales · Girls	#2350 (1996)	#1391 (2008)	#4535 (2020)	25 of 25	241 (1996–2020)	22 (2014)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#907 (2012)	#894 (2013)	#894 (2013)	2 of 2	6 (2012–2013)	3 (2012)

Emily-May 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 Emily-May in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	25	4 of 10	6
2000s	88	10 of 10	9
2010sbusiest	124	10 of 10	12
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 12 births a year.

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

Emily-May 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 2020. Highest recorded position: #894 in Republic of Ireland in 2013.

Emily-May'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
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2706	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2120	13	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1961	14	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1411	22	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2460	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1720	17	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2275	11	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1993	13	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2019	12	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1391	20	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2085	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2970	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2530	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1843	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1995	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2189	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2152	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	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 2020, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #894, first reached in 2013.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 22 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2012, and 16 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.

Emily-Grace · #440, 22y
Emily-Jane · #434, 29y
Emily-Rose · #205, 29y
Emin · #1782, 24y

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.

Bailee · #894, 28y
Elliemay · #894, 21y
Erynn · #894, 21y
Savanah · #894, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Bailee · #894, 28y
Chinelo · #894, 10y
Donte · #894, 29y
Elliemay · #894, 21y

Emily-May was ranked #894 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2013. 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.

Emily-May 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 Emily-May without appearing here.

Emily-May moved ahead of

Lynette Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2781 and #2509 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #2019 and #4564.
Dianne Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2970 and #2970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #2781 and #5061.
Maren Compare
In 2005 they stood at #4137 and #4137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #2781 and #5061.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2499 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #4001 and #5591.

Moved ahead of Emily-May

Logan Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2499 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #4001 and #1703.
Francis Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4001 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #2449.
Marilyn Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2499 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #4001 and #2040.
Finley Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4001 and #5591 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #2843.

Moved the opposite way to Emily-May

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Emily-May went from #2350 to #4535 while Ada went from #2683 to #38.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Emily-May went from #2350 to #4535 while Alma went from #2096 to #304.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Emily-May went from #2350 to #4535 while Alyssa went from #783 to #213.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Emily-May went from #2350 to #4535 while Amalie went from #2096 to #992.

Moved the same way as Emily-May

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Emily-May went from #2350 to #4535 and Abigail from #21 to #87.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Emily-May went from #2350 to #4535 and Aimee from #70 to #749.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Emily-May went from #2350 to #4535 and Aisling from #440 to #1556.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Emily-May went from #2350 to #4535 and Alex from #161 to #1556.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #894 in Republic of Ireland in 2013. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Emily-May

Emily-May at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Emily-May across 2 official records

Emily-May by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Emily-May appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Emily-May

Emily-May and the names beside it

Emily-May moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Emily-May

Moved the opposite way to Emily-May

Moved the same way as Emily-May

Emily-May at a glance

Emily-May across 2 official records

Emily-May by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Emily-May 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 Emily-May

Emily-May and the names beside it

Emily-May moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Emily-May

Moved the opposite way to Emily-May

Moved the same way as Emily-May