Emma
666
Babies in 2024
-38%
10-year change
1996
Peak · 4.23k
+2%
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 Emma
Emma peaked among UK girls' names in the late 1990s (4,232 babies in 1996) and has remained in active use — 666 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Emma reached its peak in 1996, when 4,232 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #14 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 666 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 50,755 girls have been officially registered with the name Emma in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 9,810 girls were registered with the name, starting from 1,071 in 2014 and ending at 666 in 2024.