Leyah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Leyah: Recorded since 2001, its highest recorded position is #1,658, and it stood at #2,574 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#1658highest recorded position
2groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2001–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#3262
2002	#1658
2003	#4373
2004	#3725
2005	#2970
2006	#4157
2008	#3860
2011	#3185
2012	#4171
2013	#4050
2014	#3514
2015	#4736
2016	#4096
2017	#4063
2018	#2674
2020	#3117
2022	#2888
2023	#2689
2024	#2574

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 19 of the 24 years from 2001 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2001–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2001
First recorded at #3262 among girls in England and Wales in 2001 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2001–2024
Highest recorded position: #1658 among girls in England and Wales, in 2002 (recorded 2001–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2574 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Leyah 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 Leyah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	37	7 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	46	8 of 10	6
2020s	34	4 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Leyah 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 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1658 in England and Wales in 2002.

Leyah'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	#2574	10	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2689	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2888	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3117	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2674	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4171	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3185	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2970	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1658	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	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 2001 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,658, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2002.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

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 →
8 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#2,574position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
11births registered in its largest year, 2002Under 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.

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Leya · #555, 29y
Leyan · #3533, 12y
Leyana · #2499, 10y

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.

Deeya · #1660, 20y
Issabelle · #1656, 17y
Suad · #1660, 23y
Suhani · #1656, 19y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Deeya · #1660, 20y
Issabelle · #1656, 17y
Suhani · #1656, 19y
Flavius · #1655, 14y

Leyah 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 Leyah without appearing here.

Leyah moved ahead of

Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4050 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2674 and #5666.
Finlay Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3860 and #3005 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #3185 and #5785.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2674 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #5493.
Cameron Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2689 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2574 and #4843.

Moved ahead of Leyah

Fiadh Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3514 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4736 and #2705.
Meabh Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3117 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2888 and #1142.
Frida Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1658 and #3409 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #4373 and #2727.
Rory Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4736 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4063 and #2706.

Moved the opposite way to Leyah

Dylan Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leyah went from #1658 to #2574 while Dylan went from #4137 to #1743.
Frida Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leyah went from #1658 to #2574 while Frida went from #3409 to #811.
Meabh Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leyah went from #1658 to #2574 while Meabh went from #2868 to #952.
Kristine Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leyah went from #4373 to #2574 while Kristine went from #2191 to #5891.

Moved the same way as Leyah

Kari Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leyah went from #1658 to #2574 and Kari from #2868 to #5891.
Teddy Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Leyah went from #1658 to #2574 and Teddy from #4137 to #5891.

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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1658 in England and Wales in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Leyah

Leyah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Leyah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Leyah at a glance

Leyah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Leyah and the names beside it

Leyah moved ahead of

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