Emme

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Emme: Recorded since 1998, it reached #229 in 2012, and it stood at #790 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
36times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#229highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#3848
2000	#3247
2005	#4798
2006	#5061
2007	#4294
2008	#573
2009	#763
2010	#830
2011	#959
2012	#801
2013	#825
2014	#842
2015	#984
2016	#938
2017	#1568
2018	#1111
2019	#1252
2020	#1065
2021	#1505
2022	#1452
2023	#1705
2024	#2000

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 22 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

In 2024: #790 among girls in Scotland, #2000 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #3848 among girls in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2008–2019
Highest recorded position: #229 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2012 (recorded 2008–2019).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2000 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Emme appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 22 years beginning in 1998, and has registered 604 births with the name.

Emme 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.

Emme'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	#3848 (1998)	#573 (2008)	#2000 (2024)	22 of 27	604 (1998–2024)	66 (2008)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#370 (2008)	#229 (2012)	#424 (2019)	7 of 12	33 (2008–2019)	8 (2012)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#768 (2012)	#628 (2020)	#628 (2020)	6 of 9	24 (2012–2020)	5 (2013)

Emme 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 Emme in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	127	6 of 10	21
2010sbusiest	371	10 of 10	37
2020s	103	5 of 10	21

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 37 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2007 and 2008, when recorded births rose by 62, from 4 to 66.

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

Emme 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 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #229 in Northern Ireland in 2012.

Emme'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	#2000	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1705	17	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1452	21	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1505	20	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1065	31	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1252	26	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1111	31	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1568	20	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#938	39	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#984	36	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#842	45	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#825	46	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#801	48	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#959	37	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#830	43	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#763	47	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#573	66	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#424	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#273	6	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#426	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#278	6	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#229	8	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#444	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#370	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#628	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#768	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#790	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
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 1998 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #229, first reached in 2012.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 66 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2008, and 26 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.

Emmanuella · #312, 29y
Emmanuelle · #1543, 27y
Emmeli · #195, 22y
Emmeline · #262, 33y

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.

Rylee · #229, 27y
Teddie · #228, 27y
Tymon · #231, 22y
Alaya · #225, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Beibhinn · #229, 30y
Brandon-Lee · #229, 24y
Conaill · #229, 11y
Corin · #229, 29y

Emme was ranked #229 in Northern Ireland · 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.

Emme 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 Emme without appearing here.

Emme moved ahead of

Debra Compare
In 2007 they stood at #5061 and #4157 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #573 and #5545.
Dianne Compare
In 2007 they stood at #4294 and #4294 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #573 and #5545.
Freddie Compare
In 2007 they stood at #5061 and #3548 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #573 and #5545.
Kristine Compare
In 2007 they stood at #4294 and #3667 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #573 and #5545.

Moved ahead of Emme

Frida Compare
In 2016 they stood at #938 and #955 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #1568 and #740.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1705 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2000 and #1743.
Arlo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1452 and #1849 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1705 and #1469.
Fiadh Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1111 and #1436 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1252 and #1063.

Moved the opposite way to Emme

Abigail Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Emme went from #3848 to #2000 while Abigail went from #22 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Emme went from #3848 to #2000 while Aimee went from #68 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Emme went from #3848 to #2000 while Aisling went from #391 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Emme went from #3848 to #2000 while Alex went from #179 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Emme

Ada Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Emme went from #3848 to #2000 and Ada from #3142 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Emme went from #3848 to #2000 and Alma from #2165 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Emme went from #3848 to #2000 and Alyssa from #561 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Emme went from #3848 to #2000 and Amalie from #3848 to #1128.

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 4 regions, from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #229 in Northern Ireland in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Emme

Emme at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Emme across 3 official records

Emme by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Emme appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Emme at a glance

Emme across 3 official records

Emme by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Emme appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Emme

Emme and the names beside it

Emme moved ahead of

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