Emilly

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Emilly: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #758 in 2010, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
33times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#758highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1914
1997	#2152
1998	#1823
1999	#2189
2000	#2167
2001	#2466
2002	#4137
2003	#2436
2004	#1952
2005	#2682
2006	#2320
2007	#1854
2008	#2292
2009	#2535
2010	#2392
2011	#3185
2012	#2338
2013	#1956
2014	#2314
2015	#3615
2016	#1689
2017	#2502
2018	#2340
2019	#1854
2020	#2163
2021	#2711
2022	#3148
2023	#5687
2024	#4843

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 every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2023: #856 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #5687 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1914 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 recorded2010–2023
Highest recorded position: #758 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2010 (recorded 2010–2023).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Emilly appears in 2 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 260 births with the name.

Emilly 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.

Emilly'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	#1914 (1996)	#1689 (2016)	#4843 (2024)	29 of 29	260 (1996–2024)	18 (2016)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#758 (2010)	#758 (2010)	#856 (2023)	4 of 14	13 (2010–2023)	4 (2010)

Emilly 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 Emilly in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	31	4 of 10	8
2000s	81	10 of 10	8
2010sbusiest	113	10 of 10	11
2020s	35	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 11 births a year.

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

Emilly 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #758 in Republic of Ireland in 2010.

Emilly'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	#4843	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3148	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2711	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2163	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1854	15	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2340	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2502	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1689	18	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2314	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1956	14	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2338	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3185	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2392	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2535	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2292	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1854	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2320	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2682	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1952	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2436	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2189	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1823	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2152	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1914	8	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#905	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #758, first reached in 2010.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2010, and 14 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.

Emiliya · #3148, 10y
Emillie · #897, 26y
Emils · #527, 15y
Emily · #1, 62y

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.

Fraya · #758, 25y
Donny · #755, 24y
Artemis · #762, 27y
Kaylie · #753, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Alexie · #758, 19y
Dannii · #758, 18y
Ellouise · #758, 28y
Fraya · #758, 25y

Emilly was ranked #758 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2010. 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.

Emilly 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 Emilly without appearing here.

Emilly moved ahead of

Carol Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3185 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2338 and #4838.
Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2167 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #2466 and #3998.
Cheryl Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.
Donna Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Emilly

Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2466 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #4137 and #938.
Cecilie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3148 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2504.
Logan Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3148 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #3598.
Freddie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2711 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #4056.

Moved the opposite way to Emilly

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Emilly went from #1914 to #4843 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Emilly went from #1914 to #4843 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Emilly went from #1914 to #4843 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Emilly went from #1914 to #4843 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Emilly

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Emilly went from #1914 to #4843 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Emilly went from #1914 to #4843 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Emilly went from #1914 to #4843 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Emilly went from #1914 to #4843 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #758 in Republic of Ireland in 2010. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Emilly

Emilly at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Emilly across 2 official records

Emilly by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Emilly across 2 official records

Emilly by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Emilly moved ahead of

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