Leen

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Leen: Recorded since 1999, it reached #458 in 2022, and it stood at #544 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
33times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#458highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1999–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#2444
2003	#3594
2004	#3725
2005	#3970
2006	#1748
2007	#4294
2008	#2721
2009	#1596
2010	#2235
2011	#2150
2012	#1720
2013	#1537
2014	#1798
2015	#1240
2016	#1086
2017	#915
2018	#1170
2019	#854
2020	#1044
2021	#1102
2022	#655
2023	#608
2024	#547

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 23 of the 26 years from 1999 to 2024.

In 2024: #547 among girls in England and Wales, #638 among girls in Scotland, #736 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1999–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #2444 among girls in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2016–2025
Highest recorded position: #458 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2022 (recorded 2016–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #544 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Leen appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 23 years beginning in 1999, and has registered 561 births with the name.

Leen 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.

Leen'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	#2444 (1999)	#547 (2024)	#547 (2024)	23 of 26	561 (1999–2024)	71 (2024)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#750 (2016)	#458 (2022)	#544 (2025)	9 of 10	41 (2016–2025)	8 (2022)

Leen 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 Leen in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	6	1 of 10	6
2000s	54	7 of 10	8
2010s	248	10 of 10	25
2020sbusiest	253	5 of 10	51

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 51 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2021 and 2022, when recorded births rose by 26, from 31 to 57.

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

Leen 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 1999 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #458 in Republic of Ireland in 2022.

Leen'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	#547	71	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#608	62	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#655	57	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1102	31	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1044	32	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#854	43	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1170	29	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#915	41	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1086	32	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1240	27	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1798	16	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1537	20	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1720	17	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2150	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2235	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1596	17	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1748	13	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	#3594	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#544	6	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#736	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#458	8	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#716	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#638	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1999 and 2025, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #458, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 71 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2016, and 25 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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Leela · #353, 29y
Leena · #559, 29y
Leeroy · #605, 24y

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.

Bibi · #461, 29y
Anderson · #451, 29y
Anabella · #446, 23y
Emie · #446, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Jaya · #458, 29y
Shayan · #458, 30y
Waqas · #458, 16y
Blaise · #459, 30y

Leen was ranked #458 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2022. 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.

Leen 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 Leen without appearing here.

Leen moved ahead of

Martine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4294 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2235 and #5707.
Francis Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1748 and #5061.
Denise Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1720 and #1720 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1537 and #4739.
Dianne Compare
In 2007 they stood at #4294 and #4294 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2721 and #5545.

Moved ahead of Leen

Harper Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1748 and #2137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #4294 and #1573.
Aria Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2444 and #3225 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #3594 and #1472.
Ida Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2444 and #2770 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #3594 and #1472.
Alma Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2444 and #3225 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #3594 and #2727.

Moved the opposite way to Leen

Abigail Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leen went from #2444 to #547 while Abigail went from #20 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leen went from #2444 to #547 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leen went from #2444 to #547 while Aisling went from #410 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leen went from #2444 to #547 while Alex went from #204 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Leen

Ada Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leen went from #2444 to #547 and Ada from #2189 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leen went from #2444 to #547 and Alma from #3225 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leen went from #2444 to #547 and Alyssa from #483 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leen went from #2444 to #547 and Amalie from #2770 to #1128.

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 1999 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #458 in Republic of Ireland in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Leen across 2 official records

Leen by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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