Ella-May

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Ella-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.

Ella-May: Recorded every year since 1997, it reached #358 in 2015, and it stood at #1,672 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
35times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#358highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2411
1998	#2165
1999	#2189
2000	#1995
2001	#3998
2002	#1784
2003	#1628
2004	#1106
2005	#1200
2006	#1031
2007	#742
2008	#753
2009	#726
2010	#747
2011	#652
2012	#844
2013	#684
2014	#1005
2015	#845
2016	#955
2017	#1258
2018	#1200
2019	#1095
2020	#1267
2021	#1866
2022	#1948
2023	#2346
2024	#1672

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 1997 to 2024.

In 2017: #873 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1258 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2411 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2009–2015
Highest recorded position: #358 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2015 (recorded 2009–2015).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1672 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Ella-May appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 28 years beginning in 1997, and has registered 762 births with the name.

Ella-May across 3 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-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	#2411 (1997)	#652 (2011)	#1672 (2024)	28 of 28	762 (1997–2024)	61 (2011)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#364 (2009)	#358 (2015)	#358 (2015)	3 of 7	11 (2009–2015)	4 (2009)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#747 (2013)	#747 (2013)	#873 (2017)	4 of 5	14 (2013–2017)	4 (2013)

Ella-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 Ella-May in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	20	3 of 10	7
2000s	242	10 of 10	24
2010sbusiest	417	10 of 10	42
2020s	83	5 of 10	17

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 42 births a year.

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

Ella-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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #358 in Northern Ireland in 2015.

Ella-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
2024	England and Wales	female	#1672	18	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2346	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1948	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1866	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1267	25	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1095	31	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1200	28	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1258	27	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#955	38	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#845	44	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1005	36	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#684	58	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#844	45	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#652	61	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#747	49	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#726	50	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#753	46	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#742	45	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1031	27	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1200	20	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1106	21	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1628	12	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1784	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	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	#2165	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#358	4	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#364	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#752	4	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 1997 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #358, first reached in 2015.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 61 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2009, 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.

Ella-Mai · #747, 24y
Ella-Marie · #689, 26y
Ella-Rae · #1017, 19y
Ella-Rose · #136, 30y

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.

Rebeka · #358, 28y
Archibald · #357, 29y
Adonis · #361, 27y
Akram · #355, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Alanis · #358, 29y
Aqib · #358, 29y
Cortney · #358, 16y
Kaelan · #358, 30y

Ella-May was ranked #358 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2015. 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-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 Ella-May without appearing here.

Ella-May moved ahead of

Tove Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3998 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #753 and #5545.
Cameron Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2346 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1672 and #4843.
Lene Compare
In 2003 they stood at #3998 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #1106 and #3725.
Debra Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3998 and #2226 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1784 and #4137.

Moved ahead of Ella-May

Beau Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1995 and #3247 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3998 and #1107.
Eabha Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1267 and #1313 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1866 and #1069.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1267 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1866 and #1286.
Rory Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1866 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1948 and #1452.

Moved the opposite way to Ella-May

Finlay Compare
Between 1997 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Ella-May went from #2411 to #1200 while Finlay went from #1234 to #4684.
Helene Compare
Between 1997 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Ella-May went from #2411 to #1200 while Helene went from #1802 to #4684.
Jayden Compare
Between 1997 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Ella-May went from #2411 to #1200 while Jayden went from #2411 to #5666.
Kristy Compare
Between 1997 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Ella-May went from #2411 to #1200 while Kristy went from #604 to #5666.

Moved the same way as Ella-May

Harper Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ella-May went from #3998 to #1672 and Harper from #3262 to #22.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #358 in Northern Ireland in 2015. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ella-May

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ella-May across 3 official records

Ella-May by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Ella-May at a glance

Ella-May across 3 official records

Ella-May by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Ella-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 Ella-May

Ella-May and the names beside it

Ella-May moved ahead of

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