Leala

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Leala: Recorded since 2000, it reached #2,436 in 2003, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
25years from first to last
#2436highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2000–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2000	#3247
2001	#3998
2002	#4137
2003	#2436
2004	#3725
2005	#2970
2006	#3116
2007	#2895
2009	#4564
2010	#5707
2012	#4838
2013	#4739
2014	#4003
2015	#3615
2016	#5785
2017	#3583
2018	#3518
2021	#4634
2024	#5891

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

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What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 19 of the 25 years from 2000 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2000–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2000
First recorded at #3247 among girls in England and Wales in 2000 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2000–2024
Highest recorded position: #2436 among girls in England and Wales, in 2003 (recorded 2000–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Leala 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 Leala in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000sbusiest	44	9 of 10	5
2010s	37	8 of 10	5
2020s	7	2 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Leala 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 2000 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2436 in England and Wales in 2003.

Leala'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	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2895	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2970	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2436	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	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 2000 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,436, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in England and Wales in 2003.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
8 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#5,891position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
7births registered in its largest year, 2003Under 25 births →

Where to go next

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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.

Adenike · #2436, 15y
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Amity · #2436, 20y
Kareema · #2436, 19y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Amity · #2436, 20y
Ademide · #2435, 15y
Japheth · #2435, 11y
Muiz · #2435, 14y

Leala 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 Leala without appearing here.

Leala moved ahead of

Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4739 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3518 and #5666.
Kristin Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5785 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3518 and #5666.
Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4838 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4003 and #5691.
Rian Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4838 and #4838 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4003 and #5691.

Moved ahead of Leala

Eabha Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3116 and #5061 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #4564 and #2326.
Frida Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2436 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #3725 and #1836.
Liv Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2436 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #3725 and #1836.
Arlo Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3615 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #5785 and #4096.

Moved the opposite way to Leala

Ada Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leala went from #3247 to #5891 while Ada went from #1831 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leala went from #3247 to #5891 while Alma went from #2416 to #234.
Amalie Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leala went from #3247 to #5891 while Amalie went from #3912 to #1128.
Amelia Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leala went from #3247 to #5891 while Amelia went from #35 to #2.

Moved the same way as Leala

Abigail Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leala went from #3247 to #5891 and Abigail from #19 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leala went from #3247 to #5891 and Aimee from #72 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leala went from #3247 to #5891 and Aisling from #443 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leala went from #3247 to #5891 and Alex from #186 to #2253.

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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 2000 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2436 in England and Wales in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Leala

Leala at a glance

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Popularity journey

Leala by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Leala at a glance

Leala by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

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