Scotland: Emma fell from 1st place to 94th
1,033 girls were named Emma in 1991; 46 in 2025.
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Both the registration count and the within-sex rank are shown. Birth totals also changed; a name decline is not a decline of the same size in all children.
Each series has a labelled scale in its original units. Values at both ends are above each line. Compare the numbers and axis ticks; the panels have different units. Gaps are not filled.
- Emma: registrations birth registrations
1,033 (1991) → 46 (2025)
- Name rank rank within sex (ties share rank)
1 (1991) → 94 (2025)
- Children in the list birth registrations with published names
30,180 (1991) → 17,892 (2025)
Published values for the selected period without interpolation. The headline describes an observation, not a causal effect.
Scotland, not the entire UK. Counts cover registered live births and exact first-name spellings. NRS suppresses counts 1–2; absence is not zero. Accents are combined under source rules; variants such as Ben and Benjamin are separate.
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Did other spellings and similar names remain popular?