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UK girl's name

Emily-Jane

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.

Emily-Jane is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Emily-Jane popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #5891, with 3 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 1996, with 32 births.

This profile covers 326 England and Wales registrations across 29 recorded years from 1996 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 9% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.

We estimate that about 333 living people in the UK are called Emily-Jane. 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

  • Emily-Jane ranked #5891 for girls in England and Wales in 2024, with 3 registrations.
  • The name peaked in 1996, when 32 girls were registered as Emily-Jane.
  • Emily-Jane ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #434 in 2018.
  • About 333 living people in the UK are estimated to have Emily-Jane as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.

Latest rank (E&W)

#5891

2024

Births in 2024

3

Latest year

Peak year

1996

32 births

Estimated living

333

2026

Popularity

Emily-Jane over time

The chart below shows babies named Emily-Jane 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 Emily-Jane, the clearest high point is 1996. The latest England and Wales figure is 3 births in 2024, compared with 32 at the peak.

Babies born per year

Emily-Jane
08162432199620102024

Decades

Emily-Jane by decade

Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Emily-Jane 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 #5072 18 5
2010s #2892 91 10
2000s #1690 136 10
1990s #1066 81 4

Geography

Where Emily-Jane is most common

The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Emily-Jane. 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.

Emily-Jane ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #434 in 2018.

Northern Ireland
3
Scotland
3

Across the UK

Emily-Jane in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Scotland (NRS)

#749 in 2023

2 years of NRS records, 6 total registered

Northern Ireland (NISRA)

#434 in 2018

1 years of NISRA records, 3 total registered

Related

Names similar to Emily-Jane

FAQ

Emily-Jane: questions and answers

How popular is the name Emily-Jane in the UK right now?

In 2024, Emily-Jane was ranked #5891 for girls in England and Wales, with 3 births registered.

When was Emily-Jane most popular?

The peak year on record was 1996, with 32 babies registered as Emily-Jane in England and Wales.

How many people are called Emily-Jane in the UK?

A total of 326 babies have been registered as Emily-Jane across the 29 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 6 more in Scotland and 3 in Northern Ireland.

Where is Emily-Jane most common?

In the latest published local rankings, Emily-Jane ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #434 in 2018. 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.