girl's name

Ella-Mai

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 8
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 512

Ireland

#904

2018 births

Ella-Mai is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 3 babies in England and Wales. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in England and Wales in 2013, when 45 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade in England and Wales.
  • Today about 1 in 175,654 babies in England and Wales is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 1999.

Ella-Mai over time

Births per decade in England and Wales, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

311
'90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Ella-Mai by decade in England and Wales
Decade Births
1990s 4
2000s 109
2010s 311
2020s (to 2025) 65

How popular is Ella-Mai?

In 2025, Ella-Mai was given to 3 babies in England and Wales. It is a rare choice.

Where Ella-Mai is used

Ireland #904 3 in 2018
England & Wales #5,967 3 in 2025
United States as Ellamai #13,990 6 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

Figures for England and Wales withhold any name given to fewer than three babies in a year, so a gap means the name fell below that floor rather than went unused. Data & sources.

How Ella-Mai is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Ellamai Ellamai is Ella-Mai written as one word, used in the United States, where it ranks #13,990. 6
Ella Mai Ella Mai is Ella-Mai written as two words, recorded mostly in Ireland. 3

Names that peaked alongside Ella-Mai

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Ella-Mai also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Ella-Mai over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Ella-Mai

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Ella-Mai — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Ella-Mai

How popular is the name Ella-Mai?

In 2025, Ella-Mai was given to 3 babies in England and Wales. It is a rare choice.

Is Ella-Mai a girl's or a boy's name?

Ella-Mai is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Ella-Mai most popular?

Ella-Mai peaked in 2013, when 45 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Ella-Mai a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Ella-Mai currently ranks #5,967 in England and Wales. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.