Mary-Ellen

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Mary-Ellen: Recorded since 1998, it reached #873 in 2017, and it stood at #4,634 in 2021.

2registrars recorded it
13times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#873highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2021

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#3848
2001	#3262
2005	#4798
2006	#5061
2007	#5201
2009	#5556
2012	#5876
2013	#3536
2014	#4684
2016	#5785
2019	#4686
2021	#4634

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 12 of the 24 years from 1998 to 2021.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1998–2021 · 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
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #4634 among girls in England and Wales, in 2021.
England and Wales · Girls

Mary-Ellen 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 Mary-Ellen 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	16	5 of 10	3
2010sbusiest	20	5 of 10	4
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Mary-Ellen 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 1998 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #873 in Republic of Ireland in 2017.

Mary-Ellen'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	#4634	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	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 1998 and 2021, ranked in 13 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #873, first reached in 2017.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2017, and 19 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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
3 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
8separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#4,634position in 2021, its most recent recorded year
19 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
6births registered in its largest year, 2013Under 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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Mary-Ann · #260, 49y
Mary-Anne · #1697, 24y
Mary-Jane · #365, 28y
Mary-Jayne · #2191, 12y

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.

Abbie-Mae · #873, 12y
Adria · #873, 13y
Aly · #873, 14y
Aukse · #873, 10y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Abbie-Mae · #873, 12y
Alejandra · #873, 25y
Aly · #873, 14y
Camellia · #873, 16y

Mary-Ellen was ranked #873 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2017. 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.

Mary-Ellen 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 Mary-Ellen without appearing here.

Mary-Ellen moved ahead of

Lynette Compare
In 2012 they stood at #5876 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #3536 and #5742.
Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #5876 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #5691.
Therese Compare
In 2013 they stood at #5876 and #4838 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #5691.
Denise Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4686 and #2040 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #4634 and #5581.

Moved the opposite way to Mary-Ellen

Harper Compare
Between 2001 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Mary-Ellen went from #3262 to #4634 while Harper went from #3262 to #26.

Moved the same way as Mary-Ellen

Karin Compare
Between 2001 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Mary-Ellen went from #3262 to #4634 and Karin from #1728 to #3192.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
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 2 regions, from 1998 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #873 in Republic of Ireland in 2017. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Mary-Ellen

Mary-Ellen at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mary-Ellen by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Mary-Ellen appears in

Popularity data

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Mary-Ellen at a glance

Mary-Ellen by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Mary-Ellen 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 Mary-Ellen

Mary-Ellen and the names beside it

Mary-Ellen moved ahead of

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