Katie-Leigh

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Katie-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.

Katie-Leigh: Recorded since 1997, it reached #201 in 2009, and it stood at #5,581 in 2021.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
25years from first to last
#201highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2021

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2411
1998	#3848
1999	#3225
2000	#2746
2001	#2023
2002	#2540
2003	#1843
2004	#1952
2005	#2247
2006	#1983
2007	#1573
2008	#2721
2009	#1596
2010	#2392
2011	#3185
2012	#2717
2013	#3536
2014	#5691
2015	#4103
2018	#4684
2021	#5581

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 21 of the 25 years from 1997 to 2021.

In 2013: #327 among girls in Northern Ireland, #3536 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1997–2021 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2411 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2004–2013
Highest recorded position: #201 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2009 (recorded 2004–2013).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #5581 among girls in England and Wales, in 2021.
England and Wales · Girls

Katie-Leigh appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 21 years beginning in 1997, and has registered 160 births with the name.

Katie-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.

Katie-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	#2411 (1997)	#1573 (2007)	#5581 (2021)	21 of 25	160 (1997–2021)	17 (2009)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#316 (2004)	#201 (2009)	#327 (2013)	9 of 10	46 (2004–2013)	9 (2009)

Katie-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 Katie-Leigh in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	13	3 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	100	10 of 10	10
2010s	44	7 of 10	6
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 10 births a year.

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

Katie-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 1997 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #201 in Northern Ireland in 2009.

Katie-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
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2717	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3185	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2392	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1596	17	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1573	16	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1983	11	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2247	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1952	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1843	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2023	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#327	5	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#444	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#213	9	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#201	9	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#370	4	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#413	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#265	6	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#377	3	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#316	4	High	Verified

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

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1997 and 2021, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #201, first reached in 2009.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2004, and 7 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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Katie-Marie · #439, 16y

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.

Meadbh · #202, 20y
Donatas · #199, 26y
Sharan · #204, 16y
Darin · #206, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Effie · #201, 30y
Kornelius · #201, 30y
Zayd · #201, 30y
Hamzah · #202, 29y

Katie-Leigh was ranked #201 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2009. 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.

Katie-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 Katie-Leigh without appearing here.

Katie-Leigh moved ahead of

Ellinor Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3185 and #3185 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2717 and #5876.
Josefine Compare
In 2002 they stood at #3225 and #3225 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #1843 and #4373.
Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2746 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #2023 and #3998.
Rian Compare
In 2014 they stood at #5691 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4103 and #5730.

Moved ahead of Katie-Leigh

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3536 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #1628.
Rory Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4103 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #1977.
Finn Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4103 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #3519.
Finley Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4103 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #2674.

Moved the opposite way to Katie-Leigh

Ada Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Katie-Leigh went from #2411 to #5581 while Ada went from #1543 to #44.
Alma Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Katie-Leigh went from #2411 to #5581 while Alma went from #2411 to #267.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Katie-Leigh went from #2411 to #5581 while Alyssa went from #506 to #211.
Amalie Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Katie-Leigh went from #2411 to #5581 while Amalie went from #3824 to #1102.

Moved the same way as Katie-Leigh

Abigail Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Katie-Leigh went from #2411 to #5581 and Abigail from #24 to #105.
Aimee Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Katie-Leigh went from #2411 to #5581 and Aimee from #61 to #1195.
Aisling Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Katie-Leigh went from #2411 to #5581 and Aisling from #496 to #1569.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Katie-Leigh went from #2411 to #5581 and Alex from #179 to #1866.

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 2 regions, from 1997 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #201 in Northern Ireland in 2009. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Katie-Leigh

Katie-Leigh at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Katie-Leigh across 2 official records

Katie-Leigh by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Katie-Leigh appears in

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Katie-Leigh at a glance

Katie-Leigh across 2 official records

Katie-Leigh by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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