Emily
1.17k
Babies in 2024
-71%
10-year change
1999
Peak · 6.76k
-9%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Emily
Emily peaked among UK girls' names in the late 1990s (6,760 babies in 1999) and has remained in active use — 1,170 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Emily reached its peak in 1999, when 6,760 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #2 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 1,170 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 121,621 girls have been officially registered with the name Emily in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 27,249 girls were registered with the name, starting from 3,991 in 2014 and ending at 1,170 in 2024.