Anna-May

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Anna-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.

Anna-May: Recorded since 1996, it reached #363 in 2011, and it stood at #5,493 in 2020.

3registrars recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
25years from first to last
#363highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2020

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1997	#3174
2000	#3912
2002	#2868
2003	#3099
2004	#4598
2005	#4798
2006	#4157
2007	#3667
2009	#4564
2011	#3549
2013	#4050
2014	#5691
2016	#4763
2019	#4686
2020	#5493

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 16 of the 25 years from 1996 to 2020.

In 2013: #747 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4050 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2020 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3795 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 recent2020
Most recently recorded at #5493 among girls in England and Wales, in 2020.
England and Wales · Girls

Anna-May appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 16 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 64 births with the name.

Anna-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.

Anna-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	#3795 (1996)	#2868 (2002)	#5493 (2020)	16 of 25	64 (1996–2020)	6 (2011)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#747 (2013)	#747 (2013)	#873 (2017)	2 of 5	7 (2013–2017)	4 (2013)

Anna-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 Anna-May in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	32	8 of 10	4
2010s	22	5 of 10	4
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Anna-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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #363 in Northern Ireland in 2011.

Anna-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	#5493	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#363	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	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

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2020, ranked in 17 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #363, first reached in 2011.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2011, and 17 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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
8separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#5,493position in 2020, its most recent recorded year
17 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
6births registered in its largest year, 2011Under 25 births →

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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Annabel · #100, 35y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Elija · #363, 17y
Goda · #363, 19y
Evanna · #364, 22y
Natasza · #364, 12y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Arda · #363, 26y
Brianne · #363, 24y
Callen · #363, 27y
Karlie · #363, 26y

Anna-May was ranked #363 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2011. 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.

Anna-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 Anna-May without appearing here.

Anna-May moved ahead of

Finlay Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4564 and #4564 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #3549 and #5785.
Lynette Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4564 and #4564 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #4050 and #5742.
Jeanette Compare
In 2006 they stood at #4798 and #4798 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #3667 and #5201.
Martine Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3667 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #3549 and #4764.

Moved ahead of Anna-May

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4050 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #1628.
Malin Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4050 and #4739 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4763 and #2120.
Cecilie Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4050 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #3117.
Dianne Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3549 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #4003.

Moved the opposite way to Anna-May

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Anna-May went from #3795 to #5493 while Ada went from #2683 to #38.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Anna-May went from #3795 to #5493 while Alma went from #2096 to #304.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Anna-May went from #3795 to #5493 while Alyssa went from #783 to #213.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Anna-May went from #3795 to #5493 while Amalie went from #2096 to #992.

Moved the same way as Anna-May

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Anna-May went from #3795 to #5493 and Abigail from #21 to #87.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Anna-May went from #3795 to #5493 and Aimee from #70 to #749.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Anna-May went from #3795 to #5493 and Aisling from #440 to #1556.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Anna-May went from #3795 to #5493 and Alex from #161 to #1556.

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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #363 in Northern Ireland in 2011. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Anna-May

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Anna-May across 2 official records

Anna-May by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Anna-May at a glance

Anna-May across 2 official records

Anna-May by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Anna-May

Anna-May and the names beside it

Anna-May moved ahead of

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