Amy-Leigh

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Amy-Leigh: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #271, and it was last ranked in 2019.

3registrars recorded it
33times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#271highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2019

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1005
1997	#1176
1998	#1319
1999	#1317
2000	#1389
2001	#2226
2002	#2540
2003	#2191
2004	#1252
2005	#1343
2006	#1862
2007	#882
2008	#1176
2009	#1022
2010	#1180
2011	#1489
2012	#1649
2013	#1587
2014	#1882
2015	#4103
2016	#4763
2017	#4063
2018	#5666
2019	#5591

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 every year from 1996 to 2019.

In 2011: #798 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1489 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2019 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1005 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 recorded1997–2007
Highest recorded position: #271 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 1997 (recorded 1997–2007).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2019
Most recently recorded at #5591 among girls in England and Wales, in 2019.
England and Wales · Girls

Amy-Leigh appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 24 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 355 births with the name.

Amy-Leigh 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.

Amy-Leigh'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 · Girls	#1005 (1996)	#882 (2007)	#5591 (2019)	24 of 24	355 (1996–2019)	35 (2007)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#271 (1997)	#271 (1997)	#351 (2007)	8 of 11	29 (1997–2007)	5 (1997)

Amy-Leigh 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 Amy-Leigh in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	64	4 of 10	16
2000sbusiest	172	10 of 10	17
2010s	119	10 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 17 births a year.

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

Amy-Leigh 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 1996 to 2019. Highest recorded position: #271 in Northern Ireland in 1997.

Amy-Leigh'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
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1882	15	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1587	19	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1649	18	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1489	20	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1180	27	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1022	31	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1176	25	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#882	35	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1862	12	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1343	17	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1252	18	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2226	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1389	13	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1317	14	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1319	14	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1176	16	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1005	20	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#351	4	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#294	5	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#377	3	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#331	3	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#343	3	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#344	3	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#351	3	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#271	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#798	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2019, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #271, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 35 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 15 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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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.

Aedan · #271, 29y
Alister · #271, 28y
Cailum · #271, 19y
Mitchel · #271, 22y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aedan · #271, 29y
Alister · #271, 28y
Benn · #271, 20y
Cailum · #271, 19y

Amy-Leigh was ranked #271 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 1997. 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.

Amy-Leigh 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 Amy-Leigh without appearing here.

Amy-Leigh moved ahead of

Vicki Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2226 and #2023 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2540 and #3409.
Ann Compare
In 2005 they stood at #377 and #377 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2006 that had become #294 and #384.
Helen Compare
In 2005 they stood at #377 and #377 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2006 that had become #294 and #384.
Jordan Compare
In 2005 they stood at #331 and #147 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2006 that had become #294 and #384.

Moved ahead of Amy-Leigh

Tove Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4063 and #5765 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #2674.
Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1882 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4103 and #1240.
Shea Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4063 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #2901.
Malin Compare
In 2015 they stood at #1587 and #4739 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4763 and #2120.

Moved the opposite way to Amy-Leigh

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Amy-Leigh went from #1005 to #5591 while Ada went from #2683 to #47.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Amy-Leigh went from #1005 to #5591 while Alma went from #2096 to #345.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Amy-Leigh went from #1005 to #5591 while Alyssa went from #783 to #255.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Amy-Leigh went from #1005 to #5591 while Amalie went from #2096 to #996.

Moved the same way as Amy-Leigh

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Amy-Leigh went from #1005 to #5591 and Abigail from #21 to #83.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Amy-Leigh went from #1005 to #5591 and Aimee from #70 to #838.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Amy-Leigh went from #1005 to #5591 and Aisling from #440 to #1634.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Amy-Leigh went from #1005 to #5591 and Alex from #161 to #1389.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2019. Highest recorded position: #271 in Northern Ireland in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Amy-Leigh

Amy-Leigh at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Amy-Leigh across 2 official records

Amy-Leigh by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Amy-Leigh at a glance

Amy-Leigh across 2 official records

Amy-Leigh by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Amy-Leigh appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Amy-Leigh

Amy-Leigh and the names beside it

Amy-Leigh moved ahead of

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