Leana

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Leana: Recorded since 1978, it reached #492 in 1988, and it stood at #2,771 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
32times a registrar ranked it
47years from first to last
#492highest recorded position
7groupings 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	#1522
1997	#3824
1998	#2701
1999	#3225
2001	#2466
2003	#4373
2004	#3725
2005	#3970
2006	#3548
2007	#2233
2008	#2292
2009	#1909
2010	#2589
2011	#4764
2012	#2521
2013	#4739
2014	#4003
2015	#2945
2016	#2966
2017	#4063
2018	#3985
2019	#2286
2020	#2843
2021	#4634
2022	#2673
2023	#2201
2024	#2771

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 5 of the 40 years from 1978 to 2017.

In 2017: #734 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4063 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1978–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1978
First recorded at #522 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1978 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1978–2017
Highest recorded position: #492 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1988 (recorded 1978–2017).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2771 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Leana appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 27 ranked years and 189 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1978.

Leana 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.

Leana'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	#522 (1978)	#492 (1988)	#734 (2017)	5 of 40	19 (1978–2017)	6 (2011)
England and Wales · Girls	#1522 (1996)	#1522 (1996)	#2771 (2024)	27 of 29	189 (1996–2024)	13 (2009)

Leana 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 Leana in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	23	4 of 10	6
2000s	55	8 of 10	7
2010s	69	10 of 10	7
2020sbusiest	42	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

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

Leana 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 1978 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #492 in Republic of Ireland in 1988.

Leana'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	#2771	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2673	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2286	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2966	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2521	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2589	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1909	13	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2292	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2233	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1522	11	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#612	6	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#492	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#522	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.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1978 and 2024, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #492, first reached in 1988.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 9 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 18 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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Leandra · #1541, 27y

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.

Eugenia · #492, 26y
Francine · #492, 29y
Adriano · #493, 27y
Ilya · #493, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Francine · #492, 29y
Dominica · #490, 22y
Emiliana · #490, 17y
Ashleen · #488, 24y

Leana was ranked #492 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1988. 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.

Leana 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 Leana without appearing here.

Leana moved ahead of

Belinda Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4634 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2201 and #5687.
Vicki Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2521 and #5876.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3985 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2286 and #5591.
George Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3725 and #2802 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2292 and #5545.

Moved ahead of Leana

Amalie Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2466 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #4373 and #965.
Marilyn Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2589 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4764 and #2150.
Olive Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1522 and #1646 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3824 and #1287.
Rita Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1522 and #1755 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3824 and #1287.

Moved the opposite way to Leana

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leana went from #1522 to #2771 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leana went from #1522 to #2771 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leana went from #1522 to #2771 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leana went from #1522 to #2771 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Leana

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leana went from #1522 to #2771 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leana went from #1522 to #2771 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leana went from #1522 to #2771 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leana went from #1522 to #2771 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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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 1978 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #492 in Republic of Ireland in 1988. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Leana

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Popularity journey

Leana across 2 official records

Leana by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Leana across 2 official records

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