Emma-Louise

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Emma-Louise: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #221, and it stood at #5,581 in 2021.

3registrars recorded it
36times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#221highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2021

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#736
1997	#500
1998	#869
1999	#1060
2000	#1095
2001	#1439
2002	#1192
2003	#1176
2004	#1209
2005	#1500
2006	#1748
2007	#1384
2008	#1447
2009	#1325
2010	#1901
2011	#2150
2012	#2095
2013	#2460
2014	#4003
2016	#4763
2017	#4763
2020	#5493
2021	#5581

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 23 of the 26 years from 1996 to 2021.

In 2010: #366 among girls in Northern Ireland, #1901 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2021 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #736 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 recorded1997–2010
Highest recorded position: #221 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 1997 (recorded 1997–2010).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #5581 among girls in England and Wales, in 2021.
England and Wales · Girls

Emma-Louise appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 23 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 372 births with the name.

Emma-Louise 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.

Emma-Louise'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	#736 (1996)	#500 (1997)	#5581 (2021)	23 of 26	372 (1996–2021)	55 (1997)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#221 (1997)	#221 (1997)	#366 (2010)	11 of 14	49 (1997–2010)	7 (1997)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#842 (2007)	#842 (2007)	#893 (2009)	2 of 3	6 (2007–2009)	3 (2007)

Emma-Louise 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 Emma-Louise in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	130	4 of 10	33
2000sbusiest	174	10 of 10	17
2010s	62	7 of 10	9
2020s	6	2 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 17 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1997 and 1998, when recorded births fell by 30, from 55 to 25.

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

Emma-Louise 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 1996 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #221 in Northern Ireland in 1997.

Emma-Louise'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
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2460	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2095	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2150	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1901	14	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1325	22	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1447	19	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1384	19	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1748	13	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1500	15	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1209	19	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1176	19	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1192	17	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1439	13	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1095	18	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1060	19	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#869	25	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#500	55	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#736	31	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#366	4	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#370	4	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#413	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#332	4	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#377	3	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#273	5	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#284	4	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#252	5	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#230	6	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#282	4	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#221	7	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	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 1996 and 2021, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #221, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 55 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 11 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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Emmanuela · #559, 23y

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.

Cathan · #221, 19y
Becky · #220, 25y
Cianan · #220, 23y
Pyper · #218, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Cathan · #221, 19y
Chelsey · #221, 30y
Pelle · #221, 29y
Becky · #220, 25y

Emma-Louise was ranked #221 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 1997. 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.

Emma-Louise 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 Emma-Louise without appearing here.

Emma-Louise moved ahead of

Kristy Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1439 and #1439 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1192 and #2301.
Jordan Compare
In 2003 they stood at #284 and #147 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #273 and #372.
Julie Compare
In 2007 they stood at #413 and #351 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #370 and #439.
Karen Compare
In 2007 they stood at #413 and #413 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #370 and #439.

Moved ahead of Emma-Louise

Ellinor Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2095 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #2843.
Malin Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2460 and #4739 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4763 and #2120.
Cecilie Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2460 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #3117.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2460 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4003 and #1628.

Moved the opposite way to Emma-Louise

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Emma-Louise went from #736 to #5581 while Ada went from #2683 to #44.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Emma-Louise went from #736 to #5581 while Alma went from #2096 to #267.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Emma-Louise went from #736 to #5581 while Alyssa went from #783 to #211.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Emma-Louise went from #736 to #5581 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1102.

Moved the same way as Emma-Louise

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Emma-Louise went from #736 to #5581 and Abigail from #21 to #105.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Emma-Louise went from #736 to #5581 and Aimee from #70 to #1195.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Emma-Louise went from #736 to #5581 and Aisling from #440 to #1569.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Emma-Louise went from #736 to #5581 and Alex from #161 to #1866.

What's not yet available

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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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #221 in Northern Ireland in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Emma-Louise

Emma-Louise at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Emma-Louise across 3 official records

Emma-Louise by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Emma-Louise appears in

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Emma-Louise at a glance

Emma-Louise across 3 official records

Emma-Louise by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Emma-Louise appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Emma-Louise and the names beside it

Emma-Louise moved ahead of

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