Ella-Mai

Ella-Mai was the #5,927 girls' name in England & Wales in 2025 (3 babies).

Ella-Mai as a girl’s name

  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
Ella-Mai as a girl’s name, England & Wales, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1964–2025, for England & Wales, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.2197019801990200020102020England & Wales
Ella-Mai as a girl’s name, England & Wales, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1964–2025, for England & Wales, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.2198020002020
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. In Ireland, the line follows the most-used spelling each year: Ella-Mai to 2007, Ella Mai 2010, Ella-Mai from 2012. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearEngland & WalesIreland
2025#5,927 (3)—
2024#4,193 (5)—
2023#2,689 (9)—
2022#2,058 (13)—
2021#2,341 (11)—
2020#1,313 (24)—
2019#1,119 (30)—
2018#1,649 (18)#896 (3)
2017#1,817 (16)—
2016#1,172 (29)—
2015#1,139 (30)—
2014#1,005 (36)—
2013#839 (45)#747 (4)
2012#934 (39)#768 (4)
2011#973 (36)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in England & Wales in 2013 at #839.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in England & Wales in 1999.

How common is it?

about 1 in 83,000 baby girls in the published England & Wales list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Ella-Mai is likely to keep falling in England & Wales in 2026: about 1 in 100,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 58,000 to 1 in 170,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
Ella-MaiEngland & WalesGirls#5,9273
Ella-MaiIrelandGirls—too few
Ella MaiIrelandGirls—too few
Ella-MaiNorthern IrelandGirls—too few