Anna-Leigh

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Anna-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.

Anna-Leigh: Recorded since 1996, it reached #764 in 2006, and it was last ranked in 2017.

2registrars recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
22years from first to last
#764highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2017

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#2411
1998	#1979
1999	#3225
2005	#4798
2007	#4294
2009	#5556
2010	#4688
2011	#4764
2012	#4838
2013	#5742
2015	#2496
2016	#4096
2017	#3583

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 14 of the 22 years from 1996 to 2017.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2017 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3126 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
Most recent2017
Most recently recorded at #3583 among girls in England and Wales, in 2017.
England and Wales · Girls

Anna-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 Anna-Leigh in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	22	4 of 10	6
2000s	10	3 of 10	3
2010sbusiest	36	7 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Anna-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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2017. Highest recorded position: #764 in Republic of Ireland in 2006.

Anna-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
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2496	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1979	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified

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

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

Where Anna-Leigh is officially recorded

2 official registrars have recorded Anna-Leigh, between 1996 and 2017, in 15 of those 22 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
England and Wales	1996–2017	14	#1979 in 1998
Republic of Ireland	2006	1	#764 in 2006

No registrar recorded it for 5 years after 1999; it appears again in 2005.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2017, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #764, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2006, and 10 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
5 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#3,583position in 2017, its most recent recorded year
10 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 6 to 10 years →
10births registered in its largest year, 2015Under 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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Adelyn · #764, 15y
Alonzo · #764, 19y
Ana-Maria · #764, 18y
Bonnie-Rae · #764, 13y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Bryanna · #764, 23y
Clarisse · #764, 19y
Eliezer · #764, 30y
Jem · #764, 30y

Anna-Leigh was ranked #764 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2006. 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.

Anna-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 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Anna-Leigh without appearing here.

Anna-Leigh moved ahead of

Rian
In 2014 they stood at #4838 and #4838 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2496 and #5730.
Tyler
In 2014 they stood at #5742 and #3160 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2496 and #5730.
Kristin
In 2014 they stood at #4838 and #2969 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2496 and #4736.
Finlay
In 2015 they stood at #5742 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4096 and #5785.

Moved ahead of Anna-Leigh

Liv
In 2004 they stood at #3126 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #4798 and #1796.
Frida
In 2004 they stood at #3225 and #3900 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #4798 and #1934.
Blake
In 2008 they stood at #4294 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #5556 and #3936.
Ezra
In 2010 they stood at #4688 and #5707 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4764 and #3185.

Moved the opposite way to Anna-Leigh

Blake
Between 1997 and 2017 in England and Wales · Girls, Anna-Leigh went from #2411 to #3583 while Blake went from #3824 to #499.
Ezra
Between 1997 and 2017 in England and Wales · Girls, Anna-Leigh went from #2411 to #3583 while Ezra went from #3824 to #1411.

Moved the same way as Anna-Leigh

Jayden
Between 1996 and 2013 in England and Wales · Girls, Anna-Leigh went from #3126 to #5742 and Jayden from #2350 to #3536.
Kristy
Between 1996 and 2012 in England and Wales · Girls, Anna-Leigh went from #3126 to #4838 and Kristy from #620 to #3285.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2017. Highest recorded position: #764 in Republic of Ireland in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

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Anna-Leigh at a glance

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Popularity journey

Anna-Leigh by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Anna-Leigh at a glance

Anna-Leigh by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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