Ellie-May
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EL-ee-MAY
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,076 for girls
Ellie-May is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the UK (14 babies).
What does Ellie-May mean?
Modern: combination of Ellie and May
Joins Ellie, a pet form of names such as Eleanor and Ellen, with May, the spring month.
Is Ellie-May a girl's or a boy's name?
Ellie-May is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ellie-May in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,076th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 66% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were named Ellie-May, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 877th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 260 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ellie-May in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 95 girls in the UK were given Ellie-May or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #465, up from #2,076 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales.
Ellie-May in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2024 | 29 | #1,208 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,329 |
| 2022 | 25 | #1,363 |
| 2021 | 21 | #1,553 |
| 2020 | 44 | #877 |
| 2019 | 60 | #703 |
| 2018 | 60 | #724 |
| 2017 | 87 | #541 |
| 2016 | 88 | #535 |
| 2015 | 110 | #445 |
| 2014 | 124 | #398 |
| 2013 | 139 | #366 |
| 2012 | 219 | #252 |
| 2011 | 242 | #236 |
| 2010 | 260 | #223 |
| 2009 | 207 | #261 |
| 2008 | 233 | #244 |
| 2007 | 186 | #285 |
| 2006 | 163 | #308 |
| 2005 | 166 | #293 |
| 2004 | 122 | #345 |
| 2003 | 111 | #367 |
| 2002 | 72 | #478 |
| 2001 | 66 | #496 |
| 2000 | 60 | #531 |
| 1999 | 58 | #550 |
| 1998 | 48 | #604 |
| 1997 | 57 | #533 |
| 1996 | 31 | #798 |
Nicknames for Ellie-May
- Ellie 552 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Ellie-May
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emily, Erin, Ella, Ruby, Isabelle, Grace, Ellie, Jessica, Olivia, Jasmine, Holly, Lily
Other spellings of Ellie-May
Names related to Ellie-May
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ellie-May: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ellie-may, updated 20 October 2026.