Leilah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Leilah: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,168 in 2015, and it stood at #3,318 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1168highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1997	#3174
1999	#1675
2000	#1688
2001	#1870
2002	#2105
2003	#1552
2004	#1459
2005	#1690
2006	#1862
2007	#1854
2008	#1247
2009	#1365
2010	#1218
2011	#1545
2012	#1483
2013	#1774
2014	#1966
2015	#1168
2016	#1327
2017	#1733
2018	#3178
2019	#3541
2020	#2163
2021	#2201
2022	#2178
2023	#2346
2024	#3318

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 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2350 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 recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1168 among girls in England and Wales, in 2015 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Leilah 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 Leilah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	20	3 of 10	7
2000s	137	10 of 10	14
2010sbusiest	180	10 of 10	18
2020s	54	5 of 10	11

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 18 births a year.

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

Leilah appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1168 in England and Wales in 2015.

Leilah'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	#3318	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2346	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2178	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2163	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3178	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1733	17	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1327	25	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1168	29	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1966	14	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1774	16	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1483	21	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1545	19	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1218	26	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1365	21	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1247	23	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1854	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1862	12	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1690	13	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1459	15	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1552	13	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2105	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1870	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1688	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1675	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,168, first reached in 2015.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 29 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
26 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,318position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
29births registered in its largest year, 201525 to 49 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.

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Leila-Rose · #2314, 15y
Leilani · #439, 29y
Leisha · #517, 23y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Anmol · #1168, 29y
Dilraj · #1168, 28y
Zaheer · #1168, 27y
Kray · #1167, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Anmol · #1168, 29y
Dilraj · #1168, 28y
Zaheer · #1168, 27y
Kamaal · #1167, 15y

Leilah 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 Leilah without appearing here.

Leilah moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2163 and #5493.
Belinda Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3541 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2201 and #4634.
Denise Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #2040 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2163 and #4535.
Karin Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2163 and #4535.

Moved ahead of Leilah

Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1733 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3178 and #1436.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2346 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #1743.
Audrey Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2350 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3174 and #1666.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2163 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2201 and #1286.

Moved the opposite way to Leilah

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leilah went from #2350 to #3318 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leilah went from #2350 to #3318 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leilah went from #2350 to #3318 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leilah went from #2350 to #3318 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Leilah

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leilah went from #2350 to #3318 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leilah went from #2350 to #3318 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leilah went from #2350 to #3318 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leilah went from #2350 to #3318 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1168 in England and Wales in 2015. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Leilah

Leilah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Leilah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Leilah appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Leilah and the names beside it

Leilah moved ahead of

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Leilah at a glance

Leilah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Leilah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Leilah and the names beside it

Leilah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Leilah

Moved the opposite way to Leilah

Moved the same way as Leilah