Leighla

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Leighla: Recorded since 2006, its highest recorded position is #834, and it stood at #4,634 in 2021.

2registrars recorded it
11times a registrar ranked it
16years from first to last
#834highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2006–2021

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2006	#4157
2011	#3549
2013	#4050
2014	#2659
2015	#1649
2016	#3609
2017	#4763
2018	#5666
2020	#4535
2021	#4634

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 England and Wales in 10 of the 16 years from 2006 to 2021.

In 2020: #834 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4535 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2006–2021 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2006
First recorded at #4157 among girls in England and Wales in 2006 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #4634 among girls in England and Wales, in 2021.
England and Wales · Girls

Leighla 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 Leighla in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	4	1 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	51	7 of 10	7
2020s	8	2 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Leighla 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 2006 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #834 in Republic of Ireland in 2020.

Leighla'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
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3609	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1649	18	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2659	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	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 2006 and 2021, ranked in 10 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #834, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2020, and 14 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#4,634position in 2021, its most recent recorded year
14 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
18births registered in its largest year, 2015Under 25 births →

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.

Leigh · #92, 55y
Leigha · #268, 29y
Leighton · #150, 36y
Leikny · #294, 16y

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.

Alianna · #834, 12y
Anaisha · #834, 12y
Beatris · #834, 14y
Gracelyn · #834, 15y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Anaisha · #834, 12y
Ariela · #834, 20y
Beatris · #834, 14y
Fiorella · #834, 19y

Leighla was ranked #834 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2020. 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.

Leighla 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 Leighla without appearing here.

Leighla moved ahead of

Kristine Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3549 and #3549 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #4050 and #5742.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5666 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #5493.
Geraldine Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5666 and #5666 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #5493.
Kristin Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5666 and #5666 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #5493.

Moved ahead of Leighla

Tove Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4763 and #5765 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #2674.
Eabha Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3609 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #2201.
Rory Compare
In 2016 they stood at #1649 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #2706.
Malin Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4050 and #4739 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #3609 and #2120.

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 2006 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #834 in Republic of Ireland in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Leighla

Leighla at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Leighla by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Leighla appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Leighla

Leighla and the names beside it

Leighla moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Leighla

Leighla at a glance

Leighla by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Leighla appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Leighla

Leighla and the names beside it

Leighla moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Leighla