Leann

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Leann: Recorded since 1979, it reached #203 in 1988, and it was last ranked in 2018.

3registrars recorded it
33times a registrar ranked it
40years from first to last
#203highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2018

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1914
1997	#3824
1998	#3142
1999	#1805
2000	#2167
2001	#2783
2002	#2105
2003	#2191
2004	#2530
2007	#4294
2008	#5545
2009	#5556
2010	#4012
2012	#4838
2013	#5742
2014	#5691
2018	#5666

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 17 of the 23 years from 1996 to 2018.

In 1996: #534 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1914 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1979–2018 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1979
First recorded at #420 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1979 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1979–1996
Highest recorded position: #203 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1988 (recorded 1979–1996).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2018
Most recently recorded at #5666 among girls in England and Wales, in 2018.
England and Wales · Girls

Leann appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 17 ranked years and 87 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1979.

Leann 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.

Leann'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	#1914 (1996)	#1805 (1999)	#5666 (2018)	17 of 23	87 (1996–2018)	9 (1999)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#420 (1979)	#203 (1988)	#534 (1996)	15 of 18	137 (1979–1996)	20 (1988)

Leann 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 Leann in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	24	4 of 10	6
2000sbusiest	45	8 of 10	6
2010s	18	5 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Leann 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 1979 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #203 in Republic of Ireland in 1988.

Leann'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
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2530	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2105	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1805	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1914	8	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#332	4	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#534	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#385	6	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#282	12	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	10	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#303	10	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#228	16	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#203	20	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#262	14	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#294	11	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#252	15	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#476	4	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#467	4	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#420	5	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 1979 and 2018, ranked in 32 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #203, first reached in 1988.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1988.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 27 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.

Ryley · #204, 29y
Ellie-May · #205, 29y
Emily-Rose · #205, 29y
Zayd · #201, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

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

Bartlomiej · #202, 47y
Nerijus · #202, 21y
Maebh · #201, 46y
Ruari · #205, 38y

Leann was ranked #203 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.

Leann 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 Leann without appearing here.

Leann moved ahead of

Vicki Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2783 and #2023 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2105 and #3409.
Lene Compare
In 2009 they stood at #5545 and #5545 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #4012 and #4688.
Camilla Compare
In 1985 they stood at #456 and #456 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1986 that had become #294 and #458.
Gail Compare
In 1983 they stood at #476 and #313 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1984 that had become #252 and #343.

Moved ahead of Leann

Karin Compare
In 2007 they stood at #4294 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #5545 and #2150.
Eabha Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2530 and #4598 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #5556 and #2326.
Meabh Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4838 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #5742 and #2887.
Cameron Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1914 and #2350 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3824 and #983.

Moved the opposite way to Leann

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Leann went from #1914 to #5666 while Ada went from #2683 to #65.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Leann went from #1914 to #5666 while Alma went from #2096 to #362.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Leann went from #1914 to #5666 while Alyssa went from #783 to #229.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Leann went from #1914 to #5666 while Amalie went from #2096 to #826.

Moved the same way as Leann

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Leann went from #1914 to #5666 and Abigail from #21 to #77.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Leann went from #1914 to #5666 and Aimee from #70 to #587.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Leann went from #1914 to #5666 and Aisling from #440 to #2340.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Leann went from #1914 to #5666 and Alex from #161 to #1586.

What's not yet available

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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 3 regions, from 1979 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #203 in Republic of Ireland in 1988. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Leann

Leann at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Leann across 2 official records

Leann by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Leann across 2 official records

Leann by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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