Leeann

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Leeann: Recorded since 1977, it reached #313 in 1983, and it was last ranked in 2004.

2registrars recorded it
24times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#313highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2004

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1914
1997	#3174
2000	#2416
2002	#4137
2004	#4598

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 19 of the 21 years from 1977 to 1997.

In 1997: #576 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3174 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1977–2004 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1977
First recorded at #468 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1977 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1977–1997
Highest recorded position: #313 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1983 (recorded 1977–1997).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2004
Most recently recorded at #4598 among girls in England and Wales, in 2004.
England and Wales · Girls

Leeann appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 19 years beginning in 1977, and has registered 121 births with the name.

Leeann 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.

Leeann'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	#468 (1977)	#313 (1983)	#576 (1997)	19 of 21	121 (1977–1997)	10 (1983)
England and Wales · Girls	#1914 (1996)	#1914 (1996)	#4598 (2004)	5 of 9	24 (1996–2004)	8 (1996)

Leeann 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 Leeann in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	17	3 of 10	6
1980sbusiest	75	10 of 10	8
1990s	29	6 of 10	5

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 8 births a year.

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

Leeann 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 1977 to 2004. Highest recorded position: #313 in Republic of Ireland in 1983.

Leeann'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
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2416	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1914	8	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	6	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#415	5	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#365	7	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#409	5	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#353	7	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#329	9	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#329	9	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#356	7	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#325	9	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#320	9	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#313	10	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#425	5	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#423	5	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#432	5	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#330	9	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#469	4	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#468	4	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 1977 and 2004, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #313, first reached in 1983.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1983.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 19 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.

Lee-Junior · #2693, 10y
Leea · #2689, 10y
Leeanne · #297, 24y
Leela · #353, 29y

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.

Ella-Grace · #313, 22y
Oluwaseun · #313, 26y
Billie-Jo · #314, 28y
Braeden · #314, 20y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

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

Martynas · #313, 41y
Ceara · #314, 31y
Edelle · #312, 10y
Liban · #312, 42y

Leeann was ranked #313 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1983. 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.

Leeann 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 Leeann without appearing here.

Leeann moved ahead of

Lynette Compare
In 1993 they stood at #523 and #523 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1994 that had become #374 and #502.
Rhonda Compare
In 1982 they stood at #425 and #369 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1983 that had become #313 and #438.
Tina Compare
In 1992 they stood at #523 and #338 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1993 that had become #415 and #516.
Heidi Compare
In 1993 they stood at #523 and #523 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1994 that had become #374 and #450.

Moved ahead of Leeann

Kirsten Compare
In 1996 they stood at #374 and #502 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1997 that had become #576 and #235.
Lara Compare
In 1996 they stood at #374 and #450 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1997 that had become #576 and #235.
Phoebe Compare
In 1996 they stood at #374 and #502 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1997 that had become #576 and #235.
Jenna Compare
In 1983 they stood at #425 and #523 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1984 that had become #320 and #107.

Moved the opposite way to Leeann

Holly Compare
Between 1979 and 1997 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Leeann went from #330 to #576 while Holly went from #467 to #65.
Isabelle Compare
Between 1979 and 1997 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Leeann went from #330 to #576 while Isabelle went from #523 to #176.
Meabh Compare
Between 1979 and 1997 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Leeann went from #330 to #576 while Meabh went from #523 to #213.

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 1977 to 2004. Highest recorded position: #313 in Republic of Ireland in 1983. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Leeann

Leeann at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Leeann across 2 official records

Leeann by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Leeann appears in

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Leeann at a glance

Leeann across 2 official records

Leeann by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Leeann appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Leeann

Leeann and the names beside it

Leeann moved ahead of

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