UK girl's name
Anna-May
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2020. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Anna-May is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Anna-May popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2020 in this profile. In that release it ranked #5493, with 3 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2011, with 6 births.
This profile covers 64 England and Wales registrations across 16 recorded years from 1996 to 2020. 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 50% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 68 living people in the UK are called Anna-May. 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 2021 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Anna-May ranked #5493 for girls in England and Wales in 2020, with 3 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2011, when 6 girls were registered as Anna-May.
- • Anna-May ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #363 in 2011.
- • About 68 living people in the UK are estimated to have Anna-May as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#5493
2020
Births in 2020
3
Latest year
Peak year
2011
6 births
Estimated living
68
2026
Popularity
Anna-May over time
The chart below shows babies named Anna-May registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 to 2020. 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-May, the clearest high point is 2011. The latest England and Wales figure is 3 births in 2020, compared with 6 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Anna-May by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Anna-May 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 | #5493 | 3 | 1 |
| 2010s | #4548 | 22 | 5 |
| 2000s | #3958 | 32 | 8 |
| 1990s | #3485 | 7 | 2 |
Geography
Where Anna-May is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Anna-May. 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-May ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #363 in 2011.
Across the UK
Anna-May in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland (NISRA)
#363 in 2011
1 years of NISRA records, 4 total registered
Related
Names similar to Anna-May
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- 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-May: questions and answers
How popular is the name Anna-May in the UK right now?
In 2020, Anna-May was ranked #5493 for girls in England and Wales, with 3 births registered.
When was Anna-May most popular?
The peak year on record was 2011, with 6 babies registered as Anna-May in England and Wales.
How many people are called Anna-May in the UK?
A total of 64 babies have been registered as Anna-May across the 16 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here and 4 in Northern Ireland.
Where is Anna-May most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Anna-May ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #363 in 2011. 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.