Emelia

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Emelia: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #164 in 2012, and it stood at #885 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
59times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#164highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#944
1997	#536
1998	#486
1999	#436
2000	#427
2001	#414
2002	#394
2003	#427
2004	#372
2005	#336
2006	#398
2007	#367
2008	#346
2009	#331
2010	#308
2011	#229
2012	#164
2013	#185
2014	#197
2015	#195
2016	#223
2017	#284
2018	#256
2019	#302
2020	#338
2021	#333
2022	#361
2023	#467
2024	#516

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 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #431 among girls in Scotland, #516 among girls in England and Wales, #631 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #944 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: #164 among girls in England and Wales, in 2012 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #885 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Emelia appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 4,047 births with the name.

Emelia 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.

Emelia'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	#944 (1996)	#164 (2012)	#516 (2024)	29 of 29	4,047 (1996–2024)	314 (2012)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#461 (2005)	#357 (2013)	#885 (2025)	19 of 21	138 (2005–2025)	13 (2013)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#413 (2007)	#190 (2017)	#391 (2023)	10 of 17	59 (2007–2023)	10 (2017)

Emelia 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 Emelia in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	198	4 of 10	50
2000s	1,021	10 of 10	102
2010sbusiest	2,273	10 of 10	227
2020s	555	5 of 10	111

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 227 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2011 and 2012, when recorded births rose by 90, from 224 to 314.

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

Emelia 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 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #164 in England and Wales in 2012.

Emelia'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	#516	76	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#467	85	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#361	118	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#333	142	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#338	134	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#302	157	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#256	190	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#284	172	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#223	234	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#195	275	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#197	270	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#185	283	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#164	314	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#229	224	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#308	154	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#331	133	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#346	131	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#367	117	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#398	105	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#336	120	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#372	102	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#427	82	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#394	84	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#414	74	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#427	73	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#436	69	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#486	58	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#536	49	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#944	22	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#391	3	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#201	9	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#333	4	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#298	5	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#190	10	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#223	8	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#247	7	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#370	4	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#297	6	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#413	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#885	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#631	5	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#625	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#586	6	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#700	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	11	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#411	10	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#365	11	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#419	10	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	13	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#373	12	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#357	13	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#474	9	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#695	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#705	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#635	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#461	6	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#431	7	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
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #164, first reached in 2012.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 314 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2005, and 28 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.

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Emeli · #167, 10y
Emelia-Rose · #1628, 14y
Emelie · #270, 44y

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.

Caden · #165, 28y
Colby · #165, 30y
Drew · #163, 32y
Freyja · #162, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Cathair · #164, 27y
Jaden · #164, 30y
Teo · #164, 28y
Ayesha · #165, 33y

Emelia was ranked #164 in England and Wales · Girls in 2012. 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.

Emelia 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 Emelia without appearing here.

Emelia moved ahead of

Tracey Compare
In 1996 they stood at #944 and #783 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #536 and #1450.
Eileen Compare
In 1996 they stood at #944 and #916 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #536 and #1365.
Barbara Compare
In 1996 they stood at #944 and #848 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #536 and #1045.
Lorraine Compare
In 1996 they stood at #944 and #661 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #536 and #1015.

Moved ahead of Emelia

Matilda Compare
In 2005 they stood at #461 and #523 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2006 that had become #635 and #260.
Lena Compare
In 2005 they stood at #461 and #523 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2006 that had become #635 and #303.
Liv Compare
In 2024 they stood at #631 and #898 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #885 and #608.
Elsie Compare
In 2006 they stood at #461 and #523 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #705 and #431.

Moved the opposite way to Emelia

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Emelia went from #944 to #516 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Emelia went from #944 to #516 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Emelia went from #944 to #516 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Emelia went from #944 to #516 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Emelia

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Emelia went from #944 to #516 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Emelia went from #944 to #516 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Emelia went from #944 to #516 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Emelia went from #944 to #516 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

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 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #164 in England and Wales in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Emelia

Emelia at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Emelia across 3 official records

Emelia by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Emelia appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Emelia moved ahead of

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Emelia at a glance

Emelia across 3 official records

Emelia by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Emelia 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 Emelia

Emelia and the names beside it

Emelia moved ahead of

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