UK girl's name
Anna-Mae
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2022. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Anna-Mae is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Anna-Mae popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2022 in this profile. In that release it ranked #5669, with 3 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2014, with 12 births.
This profile covers 70 England and Wales registrations across 16 recorded years from 1997 to 2022. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NISRA Northern Ireland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 25% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 73 living people in the UK are called Anna-Mae. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2023 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Anna-Mae ranked #5669 for girls in England and Wales in 2022, with 3 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2014, when 12 girls were registered as Anna-Mae.
- • Anna-Mae ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #426 in 2015.
- • About 73 living people in the UK are estimated to have Anna-Mae as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#5669
2022
Births in 2022
3
Latest year
Peak year
2014
12 births
Estimated living
73
2026
Popularity
Anna-Mae over time
The chart below shows babies named Anna-Mae registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1997 to 2022. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Anna-Mae, the clearest high point is 2014. The latest England and Wales figure is 3 births in 2022, compared with 12 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Anna-Mae by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Anna-Mae was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #4815 | 8 | 2 |
| 2010s | #4632 | 35 | 7 |
| 2000s | #3998 | 24 | 6 |
| 1990s | #3824 | 3 | 1 |
Geography
Where Anna-Mae is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Anna-Mae. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Anna-Mae ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #426 in 2015.
Across the UK
Anna-Mae in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland (NISRA)
#426 in 2015
1 years of NISRA records, 3 total registered
Related
Names similar to Anna-Mae
- Amelia 94,830
- Ava 54,556
- Amy 52,495
- Alice 46,815
- Abigail 45,658
- Amber 31,922
- Anna 27,802
- Alexandra 19,455
- Amelie 18,051
- Abbie 15,971
- Aimee 15,158
- Annabelle 15,120
FAQ
Anna-Mae: questions and answers
How popular is the name Anna-Mae in the UK right now?
In 2022, Anna-Mae was ranked #5669 for girls in England and Wales, with 3 births registered.
When was Anna-Mae most popular?
The peak year on record was 2014, with 12 babies registered as Anna-Mae in England and Wales.
How many people are called Anna-Mae in the UK?
A total of 70 babies have been registered as Anna-Mae across the 16 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here and 3 in Northern Ireland.
Where is Anna-Mae most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Anna-Mae ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #426 in 2015. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.