UK girl's name
Ella-May
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2024. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Ella-May is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Ella-May popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #1672, with 18 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2011, with 61 births.
This profile covers 762 England and Wales registrations across 28 recorded years from 1997 to 2024. The figures come from ONS England and Wales, NRS Scotland 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 30% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 800 living people in the UK are called Ella-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 2025 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Ella-May ranked #1672 for girls in England and Wales in 2024, with 18 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2011, when 61 girls were registered as Ella-May.
- • Ella-May ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #358 in 2015.
- • About 800 living people in the UK are estimated to have Ella-May as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#1672
2024
Births in 2024
18
Latest year
Peak year
2011
61 births
Estimated living
800
2026
Popularity
Ella-May over time
The chart below shows babies named Ella-May registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1997 to 2024. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Ella-May, the clearest high point is 2011. The latest England and Wales figure is 18 births in 2024, compared with 61 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Ella-May by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Ella-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 | #1820 | 83 | 5 |
| 2010s | #929 | 417 | 10 |
| 2000s | #1496 | 242 | 10 |
| 1990s | #2255 | 20 | 3 |
Geography
Where Ella-May is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Ella-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.
Ella-May ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #358 in 2015.
Across the UK
Ella-May in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#636 in 2020
7 years of NRS records, 31 total registered
Northern Ireland (NISRA)
#358 in 2015
3 years of NISRA records, 11 total registered
Related
Names similar to Ella-May
- Emily 121,621
- Ella 69,101
- Ellie 63,522
- Evie 52,944
- Emma 50,755
- Eleanor 40,576
- Elizabeth 39,225
- Erin 34,816
- Eva 29,738
- Evelyn 26,911
- Elsie 23,671
- Emilia 22,167
FAQ
Ella-May: questions and answers
How popular is the name Ella-May in the UK right now?
In 2024, Ella-May was ranked #1672 for girls in England and Wales, with 18 births registered.
When was Ella-May most popular?
The peak year on record was 2011, with 61 babies registered as Ella-May in England and Wales.
How many people are called Ella-May in the UK?
A total of 762 babies have been registered as Ella-May across the 28 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 31 more in Scotland and 11 in Northern Ireland.
Where is Ella-May most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Ella-May ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #358 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.