UK girl's name
Emma-Louise
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2021. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Emma-Louise is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Emma-Louise popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2021 in this profile. In that release it ranked #5581, with 3 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 1997, with 55 births.
This profile covers 372 England and Wales registrations across 23 recorded years from 1996 to 2021. 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 5% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 662 living people in the UK are called Emma-Louise. 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 2022 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Emma-Louise ranked #5581 for girls in England and Wales in 2021, with 3 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 1997, when 55 girls were registered as Emma-Louise.
- • Emma-Louise ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #366 in 2010.
- • About 662 living people in the UK are estimated to have Emma-Louise as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#5581
2021
Births in 2021
3
Latest year
Peak year
1997
55 births
Estimated living
662
2026
Popularity
Emma-Louise over time
The chart below shows babies named Emma-Louise registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 to 2021. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Emma-Louise, the clearest high point is 1997. The latest England and Wales figure is 3 births in 2021, compared with 55 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Emma-Louise by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Emma-Louise 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 | #5537 | 6 | 2 |
| 2010s | #3162 | 62 | 7 |
| 2000s | #1352 | 174 | 10 |
| 1990s | #791 | 130 | 4 |
Geography
Where Emma-Louise is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Emma-Louise. 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.
Emma-Louise ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #366 in 2010.
Across the UK
Emma-Louise in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#765 in 2020
36 years of NRS records, 246 total registered
Northern Ireland (NISRA)
#366 in 2010
11 years of NISRA records, 49 total registered
Related
Names similar to Emma-Louise
- 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
Emma-Louise: questions and answers
How popular is the name Emma-Louise in the UK right now?
In 2021, Emma-Louise was ranked #5581 for girls in England and Wales, with 3 births registered.
When was Emma-Louise most popular?
The peak year on record was 1997, with 55 babies registered as Emma-Louise in England and Wales.
How many people are called Emma-Louise in the UK?
A total of 372 babies have been registered as Emma-Louise across the 23 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 246 more in Scotland and 49 in Northern Ireland.
Where is Emma-Louise most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Emma-Louise ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #366 in 2010. 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.