Ella-Mai

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Ella-Mai: Recorded since 1999, it reached #747 in 2013, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#747highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1999–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#3225
2001	#3998
2002	#2301
2004	#2802
2005	#2084
2006	#1660
2007	#1196
2008	#1447
2009	#1139
2010	#1040
2011	#973
2012	#934
2013	#839
2014	#1005
2015	#1139
2016	#1172
2017	#1817
2018	#1649
2019	#1119
2020	#1313
2021	#2341
2022	#2058
2023	#2689
2024	#4192

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 24 of the 26 years from 1999 to 2024.

In 2018: #896 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1649 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1999–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #3225 among girls in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2007–2018
Highest recorded position: #747 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2013 (recorded 2007–2018).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Ella-Mai appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 24 years beginning in 1999, and has registered 486 births with the name.

Ella-Mai 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.

Ella-Mai'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	#3225 (1999)	#839 (2013)	#4192 (2024)	24 of 26	486 (1999–2024)	45 (2013)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#842 (2007)	#747 (2013)	#896 (2018)	4 of 12	14 (2007–2018)	4 (2012)

Ella-Mai 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 Ella-Mai in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	4	1 of 10	4
2000s	109	8 of 10	14
2010sbusiest	311	10 of 10	31
2020s	62	5 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 31 births a year.

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

Ella-Mai 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 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #747 in Republic of Ireland in 2013.

Ella-Mai'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	#4192	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2689	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1313	24	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1119	30	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1649	18	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1817	16	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1172	29	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1139	30	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1005	36	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#839	45	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#934	39	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#973	36	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1040	32	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1139	27	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1447	19	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1196	23	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1660	14	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2084	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2301	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#768	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	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 1999 and 2024, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #747, first reached in 2013.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 45 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 8 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.

Ella-Louise · #282, 29y
Ella-Mae · #266, 30y
Ella-Marie · #689, 26y
Ella-May · #358, 28y

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.

Aseel · #747, 24y
Dia · #747, 22y
Eliska · #747, 24y
Haylee · #747, 20y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aseel · #747, 24y
Eliska · #747, 24y
Haylee · #747, 20y
Laina · #747, 26y

Ella-Mai was ranked #747 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.

Ella-Mai 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 Ella-Mai without appearing here.

Ella-Mai moved ahead of

George Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2802 and #2802 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #1447 and #5545.
Tove Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3998 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #1447 and #5545.
Josefine Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3225 and #3225 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1660 and #4157.
Brittany Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2084 and #1500 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1660 and #3548.

Moved ahead of Ella-Mai

Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2689 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #1743.
Freddie Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2689 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #3318.
Francis Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2058 and #2488 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2689 and #1863.
Dylan Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2058 and #3148 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2689 and #1959.

Moved the opposite way to Ella-Mai

Dylan Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ella-Mai went from #2301 to #4192 while Dylan went from #4137 to #1743.
Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ella-Mai went from #2802 to #4192 while Eabha went from #4598 to #1262.
Finlay Compare
Between 1999 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Ella-Mai went from #3225 to #1649 while Finlay went from #752 to #4684.
Helene Compare
Between 1999 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Ella-Mai went from #3225 to #1649 while Helene went from #2444 to #4684.

Moved the same way as Ella-Mai

Dianne Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ella-Mai went from #2301 to #4192 and Dianne from #4137 to #5891.
Teddy Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ella-Mai went from #2301 to #4192 and Teddy from #4137 to #5891.
Hayden Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ella-Mai went from #2084 to #4192 and Hayden from #3970 to #5891.

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 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #747 in Republic of Ireland in 2013. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ella-Mai

Ella-Mai at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ella-Mai across 2 official records

Ella-Mai by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Ella-Mai appears in

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Ella-Mai at a glance

Ella-Mai across 2 official records

Ella-Mai by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Ella-Mai 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 Ella-Mai

Ella-Mai and the names beside it

Ella-Mai moved ahead of

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