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Girl name · English origin

Ellie-Mae

English origin · 100% girls · 40 born in 2025

A compound of Ellie, from Eleanor or Ellen, and Mae, from Mary or the month — bright one, and may. One of the most-registered hyphenated names in England and Wales.

MeaningBright one, and May
OriginEnglish
Syllables2
NicknamesEllie
Recorded in England & Wales3,239
Born in 202540
Themes: light

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Ellie-Mae per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
England & WalesScotlandeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2009 · 204
  • Born in 202540
  • All time3,239
  • England & Wales, 2025#885 · 40

How popular is Ellie-Mae?

Ellie-Mae was given to 40 babies in England and Wales in 2025. Its best year was 2009, with 204 registrations. The name is absent from American records, so there is no US curve to compare it against.

Names that sound like Ellie-Mae

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Ellie0.56
  2. Elise0.53
  3. Desirae0.52
  4. Elliana0.52
  5. Ellianna0.52
  6. Elena0.49
  7. Eliana0.49
  8. Eliza0.49

Middle names for Ellie-Mae

Ranked by flow score
  1. Ellie-Mae Catherine0.84
  2. Ellie-Mae Josephine0.84
  3. Ellie-Mae Rose0.83
  4. Ellie-Mae Marie0.83
  5. Ellie-Mae Grace0.83
  6. Ellie-Mae Jane0.83

Sibling names for Ellie-Mae

Names registered alongside it, on a 30-year window
  1. Hafsahsister · 0.97
  2. Aminahsister · 0.97
  3. Maddiesister · 0.97
  4. Jacbrother · 0.96
  5. Zachbrother · 0.96
  6. Jadenbrother · 0.96

In the British record

England and Wales, 1996–2025
  1. First recorded1996
  2. Peak year2009 · 204
  3. Years recorded30 of 30
  4. All time3,239

With a common surname

Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
  1. Ellie-Mae White0.78
  2. Ellie-Mae Nguyen0.78
  3. Ellie-Mae Moore0.78
  4. Ellie-Mae Hill0.78
  5. Ellie-Mae Hall0.78
  6. Ellie-Mae Brown0.78

How to read these numbers

Every score on this page is explained
  1. Phonetic similarity0–1
  2. Middle-name flow0–1
  3. Sibling fit0–1
  4. Living population estimatemethod
  5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Sources for Ellie-Mae

Every figure on this page is public record
  1. England & Wales1996–2025
  2. Scotland1974–2020

Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names for England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scores on this page are explained in the methodology.