UK girl's name
Ellie-Mai
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.
Ellie-Mai is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Ellie-Mai popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #3695, with 6 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2011, with 124 births.
This profile covers 1,279 England and Wales registrations across 29 recorded years from 1996 to 2024. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, 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 5% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 1,278 living people in the UK are called Ellie-Mai. 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
- • Ellie-Mai ranked #3695 for girls in England and Wales in 2024, with 6 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2011, when 124 girls were registered as Ellie-Mai.
- • Ellie-Mai ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #798 in 2016.
- • About 1,278 living people in the UK are estimated to have Ellie-Mai as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#3695
2024
Births in 2024
6
Latest year
Peak year
2011
124 births
Estimated living
1,278
2026
Popularity
Ellie-Mai over time
The chart below shows babies named Ellie-Mai registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 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 Ellie-Mai, the clearest high point is 2011. The latest England and Wales figure is 6 births in 2024, compared with 124 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Ellie-Mai by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Ellie-Mai 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 | #2787 | 50 | 5 |
| 2010s | #815 | 670 | 10 |
| 2000s | #717 | 531 | 10 |
| 1990s | #2464 | 28 | 4 |
Geography
Where Ellie-Mai is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Ellie-Mai. 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.
Ellie-Mai ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #798 in 2016.
Across the UK
Ellie-Mai in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#798 in 2016
2 years of NRS records, 6 total registered
Related
Names similar to Ellie-Mai
- 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
Ellie-Mai: questions and answers
How popular is the name Ellie-Mai in the UK right now?
In 2024, Ellie-Mai was ranked #3695 for girls in England and Wales, with 6 births registered.
When was Ellie-Mai most popular?
The peak year on record was 2011, with 124 babies registered as Ellie-Mai in England and Wales.
How many people are called Ellie-Mai in the UK?
A total of 1,279 babies have been registered as Ellie-Mai across the 29 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 6 more in Scotland.
Where is Ellie-Mai most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Ellie-Mai ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #798 in 2016. 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.