Leanna

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Leanna: Recorded since 1983, it reached #253 in 2009, and it stood at #2,411 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
65times a registrar ranked it
42years from first to last
#253highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#608
1997	#721
1998	#724
1999	#794
2000	#852
2001	#871
2002	#938
2003	#818
2004	#1043
2005	#866
2006	#976
2007	#882
2008	#790
2009	#1411
2010	#1332
2011	#1665
2012	#1483
2013	#1484
2014	#1562
2015	#2070
2016	#1749
2017	#1733
2018	#1711
2019	#1349
2020	#1267
2021	#1505
2022	#1767
2023	#2346
2024	#2411

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 31 of the 41 years from 1983 to 2023.

In 2023: #495 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2346 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1983–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1983
First recorded at #529 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1983 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded2000–2020
Highest recorded position: #253 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2009 (recorded 2000–2020).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2411 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Leanna appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 31 years beginning in 1983, and has registered 153 births with the name.

Leanna across 3 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.

Leanna'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	#529 (1983)	#315 (1989)	#495 (2023)	31 of 41	153 (1983–2023)	9 (1989)
England and Wales · Girls	#608 (1996)	#608 (1996)	#2411 (2024)	29 of 29	694 (1996–2024)	43 (2008)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#282 (2000)	#253 (2009)	#281 (2020)	5 of 21	22 (2000–2020)	7 (2009)

Leanna by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Leanna in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	26	6 of 10	4
1990s	30	7 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	47	8 of 10	6
2010s	26	6 of 10	4
2020s	24	4 of 10	6

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

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Leanna 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 1983 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #253 in Northern Ireland in 2009.

Leanna'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	#2411	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2346	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1767	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1505	20	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1267	25	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1349	23	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1711	17	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1733	17	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1749	17	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2070	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1562	19	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1484	21	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1483	21	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1665	17	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1332	23	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1411	20	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#790	43	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#882	35	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#976	29	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#866	32	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1043	23	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#818	32	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#938	24	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#871	26	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#852	26	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#794	28	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#724	32	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#721	33	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#608	40	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#281	5	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#253	7	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#377	3	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#282	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#495	7	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#634	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	7	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#628	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#581	6	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#768	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#612	6	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#597	6	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#468	8	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#550	5	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#461	6	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#476	6	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#333	9	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#606	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#496	4	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#411	5	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#415	5	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	6	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#315	9	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#442	4	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#446	4	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#521	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#529	3	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 1983 and 2024, ranked in 41 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #253, first reached in 2009.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 43 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 17 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.

Kris · #254, 39y
Sylwester · #252, 36y
Katharine · #258, 37y
Usman · #244, 46y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Chantel · #252, 25y
Hiba · #254, 40y
Orlaigh · #254, 21y
Deane · #255, 12y

Leanna was ranked #253 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.

Leanna 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 Leanna without appearing here.

Leanna moved ahead of

Levi Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2070 and #2070 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #1749 and #4096.
Kim Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2070 and #1961 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #1749 and #3609.
Sinead Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2346 and #1705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2411 and #3695.
Tyler Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1665 and #1665 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #1483 and #2521.

Moved ahead of Leanna

Ingrid Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1562 and #1628 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2070 and #1007.
Arlo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1767 and #1849 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2346 and #1469.
Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1562 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2070 and #1240.
Ezra Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1562 and #1628 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2070 and #1279.

Moved the opposite way to Leanna

Georgia Compare
Between 1989 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Leanna went from #315 to #495 while Georgia went from #332 to #80.
Molly Compare
Between 1989 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Leanna went from #315 to #495 while Molly went from #408 to #22.
Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leanna went from #608 to #2411 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leanna went from #608 to #2411 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.

Moved the same way as Leanna

Deirdre Compare
Between 1983 and 2014 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Leanna went from #529 to #876 and Deirdre from #20 to #876.
Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leanna went from #608 to #2411 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leanna went from #608 to #2411 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leanna went from #608 to #2411 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.

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 1983 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #253 in Northern Ireland in 2009. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Leanna

Leanna at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Leanna across 3 official records

Leanna by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Leanna appears in

Popularity data

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Leanna at a glance

Leanna across 3 official records

Leanna by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Leanna and the names beside it

Leanna moved ahead of

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