Leeanne

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Leeanne: Recorded since 1977, it reached #297 in 1994, and it was last ranked in 2003.

2registrars recorded it
24times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#297highest recorded position
2groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2003

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1646
1998	#2701
1999	#3900
2000	#3912
2001	#3262
2002	#3409
2003	#4373

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 17 of the 19 years from 1977 to 1995.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1977–2003 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1977
First recorded at #518 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 recorded1977–1995
Highest recorded position: #297 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1994 (recorded 1977–1995).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2003
Most recently recorded at #4373 among girls in England and Wales, in 2003.
England and Wales · Girls

Leeanne appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 17 years beginning in 1977, and has registered 104 births with the name.

Leeanne 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.

Leeanne'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	#518 (1977)	#297 (1994)	#516 (1995)	17 of 19	104 (1977–1995)	10 (1994)
England and Wales · Girls	#1646 (1996)	#1646 (1996)	#4373 (2003)	7 of 8	32 (1996–2003)	10 (1996)

Leeanne 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 Leeanne in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	3	1 of 10	3
1980s	60	10 of 10	6
1990sbusiest	41	6 of 10	7

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Leeanne 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 2003. Highest recorded position: #297 in Republic of Ireland in 1994.

Leeanne'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
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1646	10	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#297	10	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#356	7	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	7	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#365	7	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#357	7	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#408	5	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#344	8	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#386	6	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	#365	7	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#476	4	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#369	7	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#533	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#483	4	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#518	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 1977 and 2003, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #297, first reached in 1994.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1994.

Its record falls into 3 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.

Leea · #2689, 10y
Leeann · #313, 23y
Leela · #353, 29y
Leen · #458, 24y

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.

Sameer · #297, 29y
Atticus · #298, 27y
Bernie · #298, 24y
Con · #296, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

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

Ailin · #298, 52y
Aiveen · #298, 9y
Annmarie · #298, 45y
Tilla · #296, 28y

Leeanne was ranked #297 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1994. 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.

Leeanne 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 Leeanne without appearing here.

Leeanne moved ahead of

Belinda Compare
In 1993 they stood at #356 and #340 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1994 that had become #297 and #502.
Camilla Compare
In 1989 they stood at #408 and #408 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1990 that had become #357 and #517.
Hanna Compare
In 1981 they stood at #533 and #471 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1982 that had become #369 and #523.
Debra Compare
In 1993 they stood at #356 and #340 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1994 that had become #297 and #411.

Moved ahead of Leeanne

Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3262 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #3409 and #938.
Karin Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1646 and #2350 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #3900 and #1557.
Cameron Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1646 and #2350 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #2701 and #476.
Ada Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2701 and #3142 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #3900 and #2189.

Moved the opposite way to Leeanne

Belinda Compare
Between 1977 and 1994 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Leeanne went from #518 to #297 while Belinda went from #215 to #502.
Debra Compare
Between 1977 and 1994 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Leeanne went from #518 to #297 while Debra went from #269 to #411.
Lynette Compare
Between 1977 and 1994 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Leeanne went from #518 to #297 while Lynette went from #311 to #502.

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 2003. Highest recorded position: #297 in Republic of Ireland in 1994. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Leeanne

Leeanne at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Leeanne across 2 official records

Leeanne by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Leeanne appears in

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Leeanne at a glance

Leeanne across 2 official records

Leeanne by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Leeanne appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Leeanne

Leeanne and the names beside it

Leeanne moved ahead of

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