Leisha

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Leisha: Recorded since 1990, its highest recorded position is #517, and it was last ranked in 2018.

2registrars recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#517highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2018

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1522
1997	#1666
1998	#3142
1999	#3225
2000	#3912
2001	#2783
2002	#1372
2003	#2191
2004	#2802
2005	#2970
2006	#1862
2007	#2895
2008	#3397
2009	#2759
2010	#2843
2011	#2432
2012	#4171
2013	#5742
2014	#4003
2015	#2945
2016	#5785
2018	#5666

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 22 of the 23 years from 1996 to 2018.

In 2009: #893 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2759 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1990–2018 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1990
First recorded at #517 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1990 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1990–2009
Highest recorded position: #517 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1990 (recorded 1990–2009).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2018
Most recently recorded at #5666 among girls in England and Wales, in 2018.
England and Wales · Girls

Leisha appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 22 ranked years and 149 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1990.

Leisha 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.

Leisha'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	#1522 (1996)	#1372 (2002)	#5666 (2018)	22 of 23	149 (1996–2018)	14 (2002)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#517 (1990)	#517 (1990)	#893 (2009)	5 of 20	16 (1990–2009)	4 (2003)

Leisha 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 Leisha in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	29	4 of 10	7
2000sbusiest	75	10 of 10	8
2010s	45	8 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 8 births a year.

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

Leisha 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 1990 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #517 in Republic of Ireland in 1990.

Leisha'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
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4171	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2432	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2759	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2895	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1862	12	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2970	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1372	14	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1666	10	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1522	11	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#559	4	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#620	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	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 1990 and 2018, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #517, first reached in 1990.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in England and Wales in 2002.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 6 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 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.

Apryl · #517, 19y
Ciera · #517, 21y
Esmay · #517, 23y
Laya · #517, 21y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Apryl · #517, 19y
Hettie · #517, 29y
Sebastien · #517, 30y
Amee · #516, 14y

Leisha was ranked #517 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1990. 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.

Leisha 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 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Leisha without appearing here.

Leisha moved ahead of

Debra Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2783 and #2226 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1372 and #4137.
Vicki Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2783 and #2023 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1372 and #3409.
Jan Compare
In 2002 they stood at #3912 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #2191 and #3594.
Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #3912 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #2783 and #3998.

Moved ahead of Leisha

Teddy Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1372 and #4137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #5742 and #2460.
Blake Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2432 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #4171 and #1893.
Shea Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2945 and #3252 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #5785 and #3609.
Maren Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2945 and #4736 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #3518.

Moved the opposite way to Leisha

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Leisha went from #1522 to #5666 while Ada went from #2683 to #65.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Leisha went from #1522 to #5666 while Alma went from #2096 to #362.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Leisha went from #1522 to #5666 while Alyssa went from #783 to #229.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Leisha went from #1522 to #5666 while Amalie went from #2096 to #826.

Moved the same way as Leisha

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Leisha went from #1522 to #5666 and Abigail from #21 to #77.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Leisha went from #1522 to #5666 and Aimee from #70 to #587.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Leisha went from #1522 to #5666 and Aisling from #440 to #2340.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Leisha went from #1522 to #5666 and Alex from #161 to #1586.

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 2 regions, from 1990 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #517 in Republic of Ireland in 1990. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Leisha

Leisha at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Leisha across 2 official records

Leisha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Leisha appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Leisha at a glance

Leisha across 2 official records

Leisha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Leisha appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Leisha

Leisha and the names beside it

Leisha moved ahead of

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