UK girl's name
Amy-Leigh
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2019. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Amy-Leigh is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Amy-Leigh popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2019 in this profile. In that release it ranked #5591, with 3 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2007, with 35 births.
This profile covers 355 England and Wales registrations across 24 recorded years from 1996 to 2019. The figures come from ONS England and Wales, NRS Scotland and NISRA Northern Ireland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 9% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 430 living people in the UK are called Amy-Leigh. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2020 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Amy-Leigh ranked #5591 for girls in England and Wales in 2019, with 3 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2007, when 35 girls were registered as Amy-Leigh.
- • Amy-Leigh ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #351 in 2007.
- • About 430 living people in the UK are estimated to have Amy-Leigh as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#5591
2019
Births in 2019
3
Latest year
Peak year
2007
35 births
Estimated living
430
2026
Popularity
Amy-Leigh over time
The chart below shows babies named Amy-Leigh registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 to 2019. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Amy-Leigh, the clearest high point is 2007. The latest England and Wales figure is 3 births in 2019, compared with 35 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Amy-Leigh by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Amy-Leigh was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | #3197 | 119 | 10 |
| 2000s | #1588 | 172 | 10 |
| 1990s | #1204 | 64 | 4 |
Geography
Where Amy-Leigh is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Amy-Leigh. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Amy-Leigh ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #351 in 2007.
Across the UK
Amy-Leigh in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#663 in 2013
11 years of NRS records, 49 total registered
Northern Ireland (NISRA)
#351 in 2007
8 years of NISRA records, 29 total registered
Related
Names similar to Amy-Leigh
- Amelia 94,830
- Ava 54,556
- Amy 52,495
- Alice 46,815
- Abigail 45,658
- Amber 31,922
- Anna 27,802
- Alexandra 19,455
- Amelie 18,051
- Abbie 15,971
- Aimee 15,158
- Annabelle 15,120
FAQ
Amy-Leigh: questions and answers
How popular is the name Amy-Leigh in the UK right now?
In 2019, Amy-Leigh was ranked #5591 for girls in England and Wales, with 3 births registered.
When was Amy-Leigh most popular?
The peak year on record was 2007, with 35 babies registered as Amy-Leigh in England and Wales.
How many people are called Amy-Leigh in the UK?
A total of 355 babies have been registered as Amy-Leigh across the 24 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 49 more in Scotland and 29 in Northern Ireland.
Where is Amy-Leigh most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Amy-Leigh ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #351 in 2007. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.