Lejla

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Lejla: Recorded since 2000, its highest recorded position is #358, reached in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
25years from first to last
#358highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2000–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2000	#3912
2005	#3970
2006	#5061
2007	#5201
2009	#5556
2011	#5785
2012	#5876
2014	#4684
2015	#2945
2017	#4763
2018	#3518
2019	#5591
2024	#4843

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 13 of the 25 years from 2000 to 2024.

In 2024: #358 among girls in Norway, #4843 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 2000–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2000
First recorded at #3912 among girls in England and Wales in 2000 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Lejla 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 Lejla in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	16	5 of 10	3
2010sbusiest	31	7 of 10	4
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Lejla 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 3 regions, from 2000 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #358 in Norway in 2024.

Lejla'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	#4843	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#358	9	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
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 3 registrars between 2000 and 2024, ranked in 13 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #358, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in Norway in 2024.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2009, and 24 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 →
3 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#358position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
24 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
9births registered in its largest year, 2024Under 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.

Leiv · #117, 48y
Leja · #251, 17y
Lela · #655, 23y
Leland · #234, 20y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Karley · #358, 14y
Kruz · #358, 17y
Zara-Rose · #358, 11y
Blanka · #359, 18y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Caedan · #358, 7y
Kruz · #358, 17y
Bianka · #359, 19y
Blanka · #359, 18y

Lejla was ranked #358 in Norway · Girls in 2024. 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.

Lejla 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 Lejla without appearing here.

Lejla moved ahead of

Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5785 and #3549 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3518 and #5666.
Kristy Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4684 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3518 and #5666.
Finlay Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3518 and #4684.
Jeanette Compare
In 2014 they stood at #5876 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2945 and #4103.

Moved ahead of Lejla

Fiadh Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4684 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2945 and #2705.

Moved the same way as Lejla

Carol Compare
Between 2000 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Lejla went from #3912 to #5591 and Carol from #1313 to #5591.
Kristin Compare
Between 2000 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Lejla went from #3912 to #5591 and Kristin from #1389 to #5591.
Tyler Compare
Between 2000 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Lejla went from #3912 to #5591 and Tyler from #251 to #4001.

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 3 regions, from 2000 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #358 in Norway in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Lejla

Lejla at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lejla by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Lejla at a glance

Lejla by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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