Leonie

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Leonie: Recorded every year since 1952, it reached #49 in 1957, and it stood at #638 in 2024.

6registrars recorded it
109times a registrar ranked it
73years from first to last
#49highest recorded position
22groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Leonie's record

Ranked every year since 1952, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#273
1997	#310
1998	#260
1999	#244
2000	#281
2001	#262
2002	#276
2003	#305
2004	#284
2005	#276
2006	#381
2007	#417
2008	#498
2009	#638
2010	#567
2011	#615
2012	#624
2013	#626
2014	#763
2015	#831
2016	#837
2017	#683
2018	#936
2019	#806
2020	#597
2021	#767
2022	#638
2023	#742
2024	#722

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 girls in Republic of Ireland in 52 of the 61 years from 1964 to 2024.

In 2024: #638 among girls in Scotland, #722 among girls in England and Wales, #736 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1952–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #59 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Highest recorded1952–1973
Highest recorded position: #49 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 1957 (recorded 1952–1973).
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #722 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Leonie appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, with 52 ranked years and 501 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Girls, from 1952.

Leonie across 4 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.

Leonie'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
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#257 (1964)	#203 (1992)	#736 (2024)	52 of 61	501 (1964–2024)	20 (1986)
England and Wales · Girls	#273 (1996)	#244 (1999)	#722 (2024)	29 of 29	2,596 (1996–2024)	164 (1999)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#59 (1952)	#49 (1957)	#95 (1973)	22 of 22	3,225 (1952–1973)	200 (1958)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#358 (1997)	#331 (2003)	#351 (2007)	4 of 11	13 (1997–2007)	4 (2007)

Leonie by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Leonie in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	45	6 of 10	8
1970s	125	10 of 10	13
1980sbusiest	142	10 of 10	14
1990s	110	10 of 10	11
2000s	51	9 of 10	6
2010s	19	5 of 10	4
2020s	9	2 of 10	5

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 14 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Leonie 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 6 regions, from 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #49 in New South Wales, Australia in 1958.

Leonie'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	#722	52	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#742	48	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#638	59	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#767	48	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#597	65	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#806	46	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#936	39	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#683	60	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#837	45	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#831	45	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#763	51	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#626	65	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#624	67	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#615	65	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#567	70	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#638	58	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#498	78	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#417	99	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#381	110	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#276	156	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#284	147	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#305	131	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#276	142	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#262	149	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#281	137	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#244	164	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#260	148	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#310	116	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#273	136	High	Verified
1973	New South Wales, Australia	female	#95	84	Insufficient	Not yet available
1972	New South Wales, Australia	female	#92	103	Insufficient	Not yet available
1971	New South Wales, Australia	female	#95	99	Insufficient	Not yet available
1970	New South Wales, Australia	female	#92	99	Insufficient	Not yet available
1969	New South Wales, Australia	female	#75	115	Insufficient	Not yet available
1968	New South Wales, Australia	female	#79	111	Insufficient	Not yet available
1967	New South Wales, Australia	female	#76	109	Insufficient	Not yet available
1966	New South Wales, Australia	female	#71	118	Insufficient	Not yet available
1965	New South Wales, Australia	female	#60	146	Insufficient	Not yet available
1964	New South Wales, Australia	female	#60	145	Insufficient	Not yet available
1963	New South Wales, Australia	female	#59	159	Insufficient	Not yet available
1962	New South Wales, Australia	female	#59	163	Insufficient	Not yet available
1961	New South Wales, Australia	female	#58	172	Insufficient	Not yet available
1960	New South Wales, Australia	female	#58	163	Insufficient	Not yet available
1959	New South Wales, Australia	female	#50	199	Insufficient	Not yet available
1958	New South Wales, Australia	female	#49	200	Insufficient	Not yet available
1957	New South Wales, Australia	female	#49	195	Insufficient	Not yet available
1956	New South Wales, Australia	female	#50	181	Insufficient	Not yet available
1955	New South Wales, Australia	female	#57	166	Insufficient	Not yet available
1954	New South Wales, Australia	female	#51	178	Insufficient	Not yet available
1953	New South Wales, Australia	female	#52	172	Insufficient	Not yet available
1952	New South Wales, Australia	female	#59	148	Insufficient	Not yet available
1954	New Zealand	female	#99	52	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#351	4	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#331	3	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#344	3	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#358	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#736	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#634	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#752	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#695	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#505	7	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	8	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	5	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#335	8	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#284	10	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#392	5	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	5	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	10	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#279	11	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#250	14	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#329	8	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#286	11	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#203	20	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#224	17	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#321	9	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	10	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#270	13	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#242	16	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#211	20	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#227	19	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#320	9	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#288	12	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#286	13	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#287	13	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#258	17	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#286	14	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#315	10	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#262	14	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#284	11	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#232	17	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	9	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#241	18	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#312	8	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#257	12	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#243	12	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#265	10	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#243	11	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#288	6	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#344	4	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#262	7	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#257	7	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#638	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
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 6 registrars between 1952 and 2024, ranked in 73 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #49, first reached in 1957.

It held a top-100 place in 22 years, 22 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 200 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1958.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1954, and 72 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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Leonna · #516, 13y
Leonor · #1102, 22y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 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.

Bronwyn · #49, 70y
Douglas · #47, 70y
Gordon · #51, 73y
Malcolm · #45, 71y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Bronwyn · #49, 70y
Jannicke · #49, 56y
Lynne · #49, 51y
Terry · #49, 72y

Leonie was ranked #49 in New South Wales, Australia · Girls in 1957. 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.

Leonie 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 Leonie without appearing here.

Leonie moved ahead of

Brittany Compare
In 2000 they stood at #281 and #275 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #262 and #871.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #806 and #796 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #597 and #1100.
Sinead Compare
In 2015 they stood at #831 and #722 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #837 and #1241.
Caroline Compare
In 2016 they stood at #837 and #719 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #683 and #1063.

Moved ahead of Leonie

Madison Compare
In 2003 they stood at #362 and #439 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #677 and #257.
Emilie Compare
In 2003 they stood at #362 and #655 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #677 and #287.
Mila Compare
In 2010 they stood at #567 and #616 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #615 and #261.
Harper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #615 and #858 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #624 and #284.

Moved the opposite way to Leonie

Annie Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Leonie went from #257 to #736 while Annie went from #112 to #41.
Charlotte Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Leonie went from #257 to #736 while Charlotte went from #171 to #64.
Clodagh Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Leonie went from #257 to #736 while Clodagh went from #149 to #42.
Emily Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Leonie went from #257 to #736 while Emily went from #180 to #4.

Moved the same way as Leonie

Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Leonie went from #257 to #736 and Audrey from #85 to #898.
Eileen Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Leonie went from #257 to #736 and Eileen from #17 to #372.
Julia Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Leonie went from #257 to #736 and Julia from #42 to #75.
Maria Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Leonie went from #257 to #736 and Maria from #33 to #73.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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 6 regions, from 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #49 in New South Wales, Australia in 1958. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Leonie

Leonie at a glance

What stands out in Leonie's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Leonie across 4 official records

Leonie by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Leonie appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Leonie

Leonie and the names beside it

Leonie moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Leonie

Moved the opposite way to Leonie

Moved the same way as Leonie

Leonie at a glance

What stands out in Leonie's record

Leonie across 4 official records

Leonie by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Leonie appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Leonie

Leonie and the names beside it

Leonie moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Leonie

Moved the opposite way to Leonie

Moved the same way as Leonie