Emel

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Emel: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,958, and it stood at #2,574 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
24times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1958highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#1958
1998	#2407
1999	#3900
2001	#3998
2003	#4373
2004	#2802
2007	#3218
2008	#3397
2010	#3533
2011	#3549
2012	#5876
2013	#4739
2014	#2862
2015	#3252
2016	#2547
2017	#3583
2018	#2901
2019	#3541
2020	#3447
2021	#1962
2022	#2888
2023	#3598
2024	#2574

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 24 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3126 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 recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1958 among girls in England and Wales, in 1997 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2574 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Emel 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 Emel in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	21	4 of 10	5
2000s	24	5 of 10	5
2010s	64	10 of 10	6
2020sbusiest	44	5 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

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

Emel appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1958 in England and Wales in 1997.

Emel'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	#2574	10	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3598	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2888	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1962	14	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2901	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2547	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3252	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2862	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	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	#1958	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,958, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

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 →
15 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#2,574position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
14births registered in its largest year, 2021Under 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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Juwayriyah · #1958, 24y
Yocheved · #1958, 23y
Zahira · #1958, 27y
Ameira · #1959, 19y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Juwayriyah · #1958, 24y
Yocheved · #1958, 23y
Zahira · #1958, 27y
Mahalia · #1959, 27y

Emel 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 Emel without appearing here.

Emel moved ahead of

Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3447 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1962 and #5581.
Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3598 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2574 and #5891.
Kristine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3252 and #3252 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2547 and #5785.
Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #5876 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2862 and #5691.

Moved ahead of Emel

Rory Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1962 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2888 and #1452.
Eabha Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2547 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #3583 and #2201.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4739 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2862 and #1628.
Fiadh Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2547 and #2757 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #3583 and #2502.

Moved the same way as Emel

Josefine Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Emel went from #2407 to #3598 and Josefine from #3848 to #5687.
Fiadh Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Emel went from #4739 to #2574 and Fiadh from #5742 to #374.
Noah Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Emel went from #4739 to #2574 and Noah from #5742 to #1743.

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1958 in England and Wales in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Emel

Emel at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Emel by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Emel appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Emel and the names beside it

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Emel at a glance

Emel by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Emel appears in

What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Emel and the names beside it

Emel moved ahead of

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