Le

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Le: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Le: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #2,407, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
17times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#2407highest recorded position
2groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2016

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2407
2001	#3998
2008	#5545
2009	#3936
2010	#3533
2011	#5785
2012	#5876
2013	#4050
2016	#4763

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 8 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2863 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1998–2016
Highest recorded position: #2407 among girls in England and Wales, in 1998 (recorded 1998–2016).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Le appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 9 ranked years and 38 births registered; the earliest is England and Wales · Boys, from 1996.

Le across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Le's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2863 (1996)	#2863 (1996)	#5119 (2024)	8 of 29	29 (1996–2024)	5 (2006)
England and Wales · Girls	#2407 (1998)	#2407 (1998)	#4763 (2016)	9 of 19	38 (1998–2016)	6 (1998)

Le by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Le in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	6	1 of 10	6
2000s	11	3 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	21	5 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Le appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2407 in England and Wales in 1998.

Le's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2407	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,407, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
8 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#5,119position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
1registrars publishing it in more than one category listIn one registrar's lists →
6births registered in its largest year, 1998Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Lazer · #2512, 11y
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Leah · #9, 58y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Adila · #2407, 16y
Antigone · #2407, 18y
Bryana · #2407, 11y
Christelle · #2407, 17y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Adila · #2407, 16y
Antigone · #2407, 18y
Bryana · #2407, 11y
Christelle · #2407, 17y

Le and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Le without appearing here.

Le moved ahead of

Finlay Compare
In 2012 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #4050 and #5742.
Jeanette Compare
In 2012 they stood at #5876 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #4050 and #5742.
Kari Compare
In 2012 they stood at #5876 and #4838 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #4050 and #5742.
Kristine Compare
In 2012 they stood at #5876 and #2969 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #4050 and #5742.

Moved ahead of Le

Dylan Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2407 and #3848 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #5545 and #1516.
Ezra Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4050 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4763 and #1689.
Mila Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2407 and #2701 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3998 and #1107.
Ada Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2407 and #3142 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3998 and #1520.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2407 in England and Wales in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Le

Le at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Le across 2 official records

Le by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Le appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Le and the names beside it

Le moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Le

Le at a glance

Le across 2 official records

Le by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Le appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Le and the names beside it

Le moved ahead of

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