UK girl's name
Amyleigh
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2015. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Amyleigh is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Amyleigh popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2015 in this profile. In that release it ranked #5730, with 3 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 1997, with 9 births.
This profile covers 83 England and Wales registrations across 15 recorded years from 1996 to 2015. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, 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 33% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 101 living people in the UK are called Amyleigh. 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 2016 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Amyleigh ranked #5730 for girls in England and Wales in 2015, with 3 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 1997, when 9 girls were registered as Amyleigh.
- • Amyleigh ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #810 in 2011.
- • About 101 living people in the UK are estimated to have Amyleigh as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#5730
2015
Births in 2015
3
Latest year
Peak year
1997
9 births
Estimated living
101
2026
Popularity
Amyleigh over time
The chart below shows babies named Amyleigh registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 to 2015. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Amyleigh, the clearest high point is 1997. The latest England and Wales figure is 3 births in 2015, compared with 9 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Amyleigh by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Amyleigh 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 | #4638 | 13 | 3 |
| 2000s | #3036 | 47 | 8 |
| 1990s | #2599 | 23 | 4 |
Geography
Where Amyleigh is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Amyleigh. 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.
Amyleigh ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #810 in 2011.
Across the UK
Amyleigh in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#810 in 2011
6 years of NRS records, 19 total registered
Related
Names similar to Amyleigh
- 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
Amyleigh: questions and answers
How popular is the name Amyleigh in the UK right now?
In 2015, Amyleigh was ranked #5730 for girls in England and Wales, with 3 births registered.
When was Amyleigh most popular?
The peak year on record was 1997, with 9 babies registered as Amyleigh in England and Wales.
How many people are called Amyleigh in the UK?
A total of 83 babies have been registered as Amyleigh across the 15 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 19 more in Scotland.
Where is Amyleigh most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Amyleigh ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #810 in 2011. 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.