Ema

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Ema: Recorded every year since 1997, it reached #219 in 2017, and it stood at #397 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
80times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#219highest recorded position
18groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2152
1998	#2407
1999	#3900
2000	#1995
2001	#1617
2002	#1530
2003	#1383
2004	#1952
2005	#1796
2006	#1325
2007	#1234
2008	#1093
2009	#932
2010	#988
2011	#665
2012	#857
2013	#750
2014	#940
2015	#656
2016	#727
2017	#593
2018	#701
2019	#796
2020	#771
2021	#720
2022	#729
2023	#754
2024	#776

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 2025: #397 among girls in Norway, #718 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1997–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2152 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 recorded1998–2025
Highest recorded position: #219 among girls in Norway, in 2017 (recorded 1998–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #397 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Ema appears in 4 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 951 births with the name.

Ema across 4 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.

Ema'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	#2152 (1997)	#593 (2017)	#776 (2024)	28 of 28	951 (1997–2024)	71 (2017)
Norway · Girls	#541 (1998)	#219 (2017)	#397 (2025)	24 of 28	230 (1998–2025)	23 (2017)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#468 (2007)	#276 (2015)	#718 (2025)	19 of 19	191 (2007–2025)	18 (2015)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#351 (2007)	#273 (2018)	#391 (2023)	9 of 17	36 (2007–2023)	6 (2018)

Ema 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 Ema in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	16	3 of 10	5
2000s	171	10 of 10	17
2010sbusiest	520	10 of 10	52
2020s	244	5 of 10	49

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 52 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2010 and 2011, when recorded births rose by 25, from 34 to 59.

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

Ema 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 4 regions, from 1997 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #219 in Norway in 2017.

Ema'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	#776	48	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#754	47	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#729	50	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#720	52	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#771	47	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#796	47	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#701	57	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#593	71	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#727	55	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#656	62	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#940	39	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#750	52	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#857	44	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#665	59	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#988	34	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#932	35	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1093	27	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1234	22	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1325	19	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1796	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1952	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1383	15	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1530	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1617	11	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1995	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2407	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2152	7	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#391	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#350	4	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#424	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#273	6	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#358	4	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#365	4	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#311	5	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#351	4	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#397	7	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#357	9	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#384	8	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#321	11	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#338	9	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#290	13	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#272	15	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#476	5	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#219	23	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#287	17	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#326	14	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#449	7	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#381	11	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#488	6	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#537	5	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#345	13	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#410	10	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#505	6	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#554	5	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#517	6	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#588	4	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#312	14	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#452	7	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#541	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#718	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#736	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#495	7	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#559	6	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	7	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#375	10	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#313	14	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#387	11	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#524	7	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#335	13	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#276	18	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#373	12	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#540	7	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#510	8	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#437	10	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#309	17	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#284	17	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#403	11	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#468	8	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
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 4 registrars between 1997 and 2025, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #219, first reached in 2017.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 71 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1998, and 10 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.

Elza · #752, 20y
Elzbieta · #209, 56y
Emaad · #2211, 19y
Emaan · #415, 27y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Elora · #218, 29y
Izzy · #218, 29y
Kade · #216, 30y
Arwen · #215, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Bryn · #219, 29y
Kayley · #219, 30y
Rhian · #219, 31y
Samara · #219, 29y

Ema was ranked #219 in Norway · Girls in 2017. 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.

Ema 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 Ema without appearing here.

Ema moved ahead of

Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1995 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1617 and #3998.
Brittany Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1796 and #1500 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1325 and #3548.
Pauline Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1796 and #1796 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1325 and #3548.
Ellinor Compare
In 1999 they stood at #3900 and #3900 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1995 and #3912.

Moved ahead of Ema

Mila Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2407 and #2701 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #3900 and #2189.
Harper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #665 and #858 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #857 and #284.
Beau Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1995 and #3247 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1617 and #1107.
Kylie Compare
In 2023 they stood at #495 and #555 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2024 that had become #736 and #372.

Moved the opposite way to Ema

Abigail Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ema went from #2152 to #776 while Abigail went from #24 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ema went from #2152 to #776 while Aimee went from #61 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ema went from #2152 to #776 while Aisling went from #496 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ema went from #2152 to #776 while Alex went from #179 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Ema

Ada Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ema went from #2152 to #776 and Ada from #1543 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ema went from #2152 to #776 and Alma from #2411 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ema went from #2152 to #776 and Alyssa from #506 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ema went from #2152 to #776 and Amalie from #3824 to #1128.

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 4 regions, from 1997 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #219 in Norway in 2017. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ema

Ema at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ema across 4 official records

Ema by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Ema appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Ema and the names beside it

Ema moved ahead of

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Ema at a glance

Ema across 4 official records

Ema by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Ema 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 Ema

Ema and the names beside it

Ema moved ahead of

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