Leander

maleStatistical record

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

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

Leander: Recorded since 1991, it reached #38 in 2010, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
57times a registrar ranked it
35years from first to last
#38highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2007

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
2007	#5201

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 Norway in 33 of the 35 years from 1991 to 2025.

In 2024: #71 among boys in Norway, #727 among boys in Scotland, #1235 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1991–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1991
First recorded at #537 among boys in Norway in 1991 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1991–2025
Highest recorded position: #38 among boys in Norway, in 2010 (recorded 1991–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #89 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Leander appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 33 years beginning in 1991, and has registered 2,748 births with the name.

Leander across 3 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.

Leander'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
Norway · Boys	#537 (1991)	#38 (2010)	#89 (2025)	33 of 35	2,748 (1991–2025)	191 (2010)
England and Wales · Boys	#2587 (2001)	#1235 (2024)	#1235 (2024)	21 of 24	181 (2001–2024)	22 (2024)
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#3795 (1996)	#5201 (2007)	2 of 12	6 (1996–2007)	3 (1996)

Leander by decade in Norway · Boys

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 Leander in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	71	7 of 10	10
2000s	814	10 of 10	81
2010sbusiest	1,392	10 of 10	139
2020s	471	6 of 10	79

Across Norway · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 139 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2012 and 2013, when recorded births fell by 49, from 189 to 140.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Leander appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1991 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #38 in Norway in 2010.

Leander'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	#1235	22	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1461	17	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1609	15	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1984	11	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1635	14	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1745	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1991	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2512	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2954	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2837	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2538	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2418	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#89	73	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#71	97	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#88	78	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#77	87	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#88	73	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#90	63	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#95	71	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#65	116	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#67	115	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#75	112	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#59	141	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#47	163	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#59	140	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#40	189	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#54	154	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#38	191	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#51	164	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#60	147	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#64	129	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#70	122	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#104	77	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#122	58	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#164	38	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#201	26	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#204	27	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#208	26	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#219	23	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#258	18	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#476	6	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#440	7	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#500	6	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#528	5	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#537	6	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1991 and 2025, ranked in 33 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #38, first reached in 2010.

It held a top-100 place in 20 years, 20 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 191 births, registered in Norway in 2010.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 33 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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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Leana · #492, 30y
Leandra · #1541, 27y
Leandro · #720, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, 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.

Rhianna · #38, 29y
Lauryn · #45, 28y
Sheryl · #50, 33y
Jarrod · #51, 37y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Eilidh · #38, 30y
Eliana · #38, 30y
Jasper · #38, 30y
Rhianna · #38, 29y

Leander was ranked #38 in Norway · Boys in 2010. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Leander 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 Leander without appearing here.

Leander moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4747 and #3373 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #1991 and #4749.
Brent Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4747 and #4747 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2512 and #4812.
Nils Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4747 and #2319 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2512 and #4812.
Sander Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4747 and #4747 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2512 and #4812.

Moved ahead of Leander

Aksel Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1935 and #2079 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #4747 and #1902.
Mathias Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2587 and #3134 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #3009 and #1160.
Luca Compare
In 2022 they stood at #77 and #92 in Norway · Boys; by 2023 that had become #88 and #64.
Theo Compare
In 2012 they stood at #40 and #41 in Norway · Boys; by 2013 that had become #59 and #36.

Moved the opposite way to Leander

Adrian Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Leander went from #537 to #89 while Adrian went from #47 to #70.
Anders Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Leander went from #537 to #89 while Anders went from #8 to #293.
Andreas Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Leander went from #537 to #89 while Andreas went from #1 to #96.
Arild Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Leander went from #537 to #89 while Arild went from #204 to #489.

Moved the same way as Leander

Aaron Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Leander went from #537 to #89 and Aaron from #601 to #334.
Adam Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Leander went from #537 to #89 and Adam from #149 to #29.
Edward Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Leander went from #537 to #89 and Edward from #522 to #189.
Emil Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Leander went from #537 to #89 and Emil from #43 to #2.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

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.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1991 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #38 in Norway in 2010. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Leander

Leander at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Leander across 3 official records

Leander by decade in Norway · Boys

Leander appears in

Popularity data

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Leander at a glance

Leander across 3 official records

Leander by decade in Norway · Boys

Leander appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Leander

Leander and the names beside it

Leander moved ahead of

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