Leyan

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Leyan: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #3,533, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
13times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#3533highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
2004	#4598
2007	#5201
2011	#5785
2014	#4003
2015	#5730
2017	#5765
2018	#3985
2019	#4001
2021	#3961
2022	#3533
2024	#4843

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 England and Wales in 12 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 #3795 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #3533 among girls in England and Wales, in 2022 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Leyan 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 Leyan in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	6	2 of 10	3
2010sbusiest	24	6 of 10	4
2020s	15	3 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Leyan 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: #3533 in England and Wales in 2022.

Leyan'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	#4843	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	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 12 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #3,533, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 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 →
3 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
8separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
7 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#4,843position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
6births registered in its largest year, 2022Under 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.

Leya · #555, 29y
Leyah · #1658, 19y
Leyana · #2499, 10y
Leyla · #224, 50y

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.

Avelyn · #3533, 11y
Gracie-Lea · #3533, 11y
Lucrezia · #3533, 12y
Nhi · #3533, 10y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Lucrezia · #3533, 12y
Nhi · #3533, 10y
Danna · #3541, 14y
Maiah · #3548, 10y

Leyan 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 Leyan without appearing here.

Leyan moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4001 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3533 and #5669.
Jeanette Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5730 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3985 and #5666.
Kari Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3985 and #5666.
Kristin Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5730 and #4736 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3985 and #5666.

Moved ahead of Leyan

Fiadh Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4003 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #5730 and #2705.
Cooper Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3533 and #4645 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #3695.

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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #3533 in England and Wales in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Leyan

Leyan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Leyan by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Leyan 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

Leyan and the names beside it

Leyan moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Leyan

Leyan at a glance

Leyan by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Leyan appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Leyan and the names beside it

Leyan moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Leyan