Leia

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Leia: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #238 in 2004, and it stood at #304 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
70times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#238highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#620
1997	#527
1998	#425
1999	#357
2000	#485
2001	#480
2002	#450
2003	#508
2004	#626
2005	#465
2006	#533
2007	#559
2008	#527
2009	#491
2010	#538
2011	#515
2012	#587
2013	#547
2014	#563
2015	#467
2016	#372
2017	#324
2018	#342
2019	#382
2020	#382
2021	#407
2022	#272
2023	#314
2024	#377

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 every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #315 among girls in Scotland, #377 among girls in England and Wales, #441 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #620 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1999–2023
Highest recorded position: #238 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2004 (recorded 1999–2023).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #304 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Leia appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 2,568 births with the name.

Leia 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.

Leia'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	#620 (1996)	#272 (2022)	#377 (2024)	29 of 29	2,568 (1996–2024)	168 (2022)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#345 (1998)	#304 (2022)	#304 (2025)	25 of 28	171 (1998–2025)	14 (2022)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#344 (1999)	#238 (2004)	#264 (2023)	15 of 25	66 (1999–2023)	7 (2007)

Leia 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 Leia in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	251	4 of 10	63
2000s	673	10 of 10	67
2010s	999	10 of 10	100
2020sbusiest	645	5 of 10	129

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 129 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2021 and 2022, when recorded births rose by 59, from 109 to 168.

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

Leia 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 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #238 in Northern Ireland in 2004.

Leia'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	#377	114	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#314	139	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#272	168	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#407	109	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#382	115	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#382	115	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#342	140	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#324	149	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#372	123	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#467	93	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#563	75	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#547	76	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#587	72	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#515	82	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#538	74	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#491	83	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#527	73	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#559	65	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#533	68	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#465	79	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#626	48	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#508	63	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#450	70	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#480	63	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#485	61	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#357	90	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#425	72	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#527	50	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#620	39	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#264	6	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#305	5	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#298	5	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#246	6	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#336	4	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#434	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#355	4	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#430	3	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#419	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#245	7	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#278	5	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#238	6	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#348	3	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#344	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	13	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#441	8	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#404	9	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	14	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	11	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#355	11	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#551	6	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#336	13	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#651	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#476	8	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#581	6	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#584	6	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#768	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#359	13	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#663	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#705	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#441	5	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#345	6	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#315	11	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
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 4 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #238, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 168 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1998, and 28 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 4 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.

Bobbie · #238, 30y
Sierra · #237, 27y
Amirah · #240, 30y
Andy · #236, 33y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Alix · #238, 29y
Amy-Lee · #238, 16y
Bobbie · #238, 30y
Ciarrai · #238, 13y

Leia was ranked #238 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2004. 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.

Leia 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 Leia without appearing here.

Leia moved ahead of

Luca Compare
In 2010 they stood at #862 and #862 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2011 that had become #359 and #937.
Elaine Compare
In 2017 they stood at #651 and #651 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2018 that had become #336 and #896.
Mina Compare
In 2017 they stood at #651 and #651 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2018 that had become #336 and #896.
Judith Compare
In 2020 they stood at #551 and #551 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2021 that had become #363 and #883.

Moved ahead of Leia

Millie Compare
In 2002 they stood at #441 and #498 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2003 that had become #655 and #212.
Éala Compare
In 2018 they stood at #336 and #411 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2019 that had become #551 and #180.
Harper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #515 and #858 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #587 and #284.
Aria Compare
In 2011 they stood at #515 and #615 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #587 and #294.

Moved the opposite way to Leia

Kristin Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Leia went from #620 to #314 while Kristin went from #1434 to #5687.
Therese Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Leia went from #620 to #314 while Therese went from #2096 to #4709.
Tracey Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Leia went from #620 to #314 while Tracey went from #783 to #5687.
Finlay Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Leia went from #620 to #342 while Finlay went from #1646 to #4684.

Moved the same way as Leia

Elsie Compare
Between 2003 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Leia went from #655 to #304 and Elsie from #655 to #55.
Fiadh Compare
Between 2003 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Leia went from #655 to #304 and Fiadh from #655 to #3.
Maisie Compare
Between 2003 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Leia went from #655 to #304 and Maisie from #655 to #49.
Maja Compare
Between 2003 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Leia went from #655 to #304 and Maja from #655 to #247.

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 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #238 in Northern Ireland in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Leia across 3 official records

Leia by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Leia by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Leia moved ahead of

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