Leighton

maleStatistical record

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

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

Leighton: Recorded since 1974, with a gap of 13 years, it reached #150 in 2013, and it stood at #309 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
78times a registrar ranked it
52years from first to last
#150highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Leighton's record

Absent from every published list for 13 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2010–2022

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2010	#3533
2011	#3549
2014	#5691
2016	#5785
2017	#5765
2018	#5666
2019	#3541
2020	#5493
2022	#4645

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 boys in Republic of Ireland in 27 of the 52 years from 1974 to 2025.

In 2024: #278 among boys in Northern Ireland, #307 among boys in Scotland, #327 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #464 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1974–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1974
First recorded at #321 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1974 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #150 among boys in England and Wales, in 2013 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #309 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Leighton appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 5,225 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1974.

Leighton across 4 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.

Leighton'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 · Boys	#321 (1974)	#164 (2014)	#309 (2025)	27 of 52	319 (1974–2025)	40 (2014)
England and Wales · Boys	#369 (1996)	#150 (2013)	#464 (2024)	29 of 29	5,225 (1996–2024)	394 (2013)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#281 (2002)	#222 (2015)	#278 (2024)	12 of 23	65 (2002–2024)	9 (2015)
England and Wales · Girls	#3533 (2010)	#3533 (2010)	#4645 (2022)	9 of 13	37 (2010–2022)	6 (2010)

Leighton by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Leighton in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	303	4 of 10	76
2000s	1,691	10 of 10	169
2010sbusiest	2,756	10 of 10	276
2020s	475	5 of 10	95

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 276 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2014 and 2015, when recorded births fell by 81, from 368 to 287.

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

Leighton 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 1974 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #150 in England and Wales in 2013.

Leighton'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	male	#464	86	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#504	78	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#407	104	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#416	102	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#395	105	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#338	134	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#308	154	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#258	210	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#233	241	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#201	287	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#154	368	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#150	394	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#167	354	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#188	295	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#173	319	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#183	285	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#189	259	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#187	260	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#208	201	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#245	142	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#250	133	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#270	112	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#233	127	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#290	95	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#330	77	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#318	83	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#303	86	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#327	74	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#369	60	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#278	6	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#348	4	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#334	4	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#365	4	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#250	7	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#253	7	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#222	9	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#315	5	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#237	8	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#311	5	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#341	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#281	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#309	14	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#327	12	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	12	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#262	18	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#296	15	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#294	15	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#335	12	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#291	15	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#305	14	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#329	13	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#180	33	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#164	40	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#187	33	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#354	11	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#455	7	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#400	9	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#473	5	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	3	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#268	5	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#242	6	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#258	5	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#307	12	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 1974 and 2025, ranked in 36 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #150, first reached in 2013.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 394 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 13 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 50 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.

Cain · #149, 31y
Shelby · #151, 31y
Lennon · #153, 31y
Keeva · #144, 32y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

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

Conn · #150, 44y
Andrius · #149, 36y
Aran · #149, 43y
Nicolay · #151, 48y

Leighton was ranked #150 in England and Wales · Boys in 2013. 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.

Leighton 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 Leighton without appearing here.

Leighton moved ahead of

Carol Compare
In 2018 they stood at #5666 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3541 and #5591.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #5666 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3541 and #5591.
Kari Compare
In 2018 they stood at #5666 and #5666 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3541 and #4686.
Cheryl Compare
In 2021 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #4645 and #5669.

Moved ahead of Leighton

Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #1939.
Meabh Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3549 and #4049 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #2314.
Finley Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #5591 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #2843.
Kai Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #3117.

Moved the opposite way to Leighton

Cooper Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Leighton went from #327 to #464 while Cooper went from #2022 to #139.
Arlo Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Leighton went from #318 to #464 while Arlo went from #2943 to #15.
Harper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Leighton went from #318 to #464 while Harper went from #2425 to #1402.
Kasper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Leighton went from #318 to #464 while Kasper went from #2425 to #529.

Moved the same way as Leighton

Garry Compare
Between 1974 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Leighton went from #321 to #472 and Garry from #103 to #701.
Kelly Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Leighton went from #327 to #504 and Kelly from #1454 to #3523.
Espen Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Leighton went from #233 to #464 and Espen from #3225 to #5119.
Finley Compare
Between 2005 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Leighton went from #518 to #309 and Finley from #518 to #159.

What's not yet available

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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 4 regions, from 1974 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #150 in England and Wales in 2013. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Leighton

Leighton at a glance

What stands out in Leighton's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Leighton across 4 official records

Leighton by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Leighton appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

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Leighton and the names beside it

Leighton moved ahead of

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Leighton at a glance

What stands out in Leighton's record

Leighton across 4 official records

Leighton by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Leighton 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 Leighton

Leighton and the names beside it

Leighton moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Leighton

Moved the opposite way to Leighton

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