UK girl's name
Anna-Leigh
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2017. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Anna-Leigh is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Anna-Leigh popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2017 in this profile. In that release it ranked #3583, with 6 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2015, with 10 births.
This profile covers 68 England and Wales registrations across 14 recorded years from 1996 to 2017. 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 60% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 75 living people in the UK are called Anna-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 2018 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Anna-Leigh ranked #3583 for girls in England and Wales in 2017, with 6 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2015, when 10 girls were registered as Anna-Leigh.
- • Anna-Leigh ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #653 in 2015.
- • About 75 living people in the UK are estimated to have Anna-Leigh as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#3583
2017
Births in 2017
6
Latest year
Peak year
2015
10 births
Estimated living
75
2026
Popularity
Anna-Leigh over time
The chart below shows babies named Anna-Leigh registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 to 2017. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Anna-Leigh, the clearest high point is 2015. The latest England and Wales figure is 6 births in 2017, compared with 10 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Anna-Leigh by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Anna-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 | #4315 | 36 | 7 |
| 2000s | #4883 | 10 | 3 |
| 1990s | #2685 | 22 | 4 |
Geography
Where Anna-Leigh is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Anna-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.
Anna-Leigh ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #653 in 2015.
Across the UK
Anna-Leigh in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#653 in 2015
2 years of NRS records, 7 total registered
Related
Names similar to Anna-Leigh
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- 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
Anna-Leigh: questions and answers
How popular is the name Anna-Leigh in the UK right now?
In 2017, Anna-Leigh was ranked #3583 for girls in England and Wales, with 6 births registered.
When was Anna-Leigh most popular?
The peak year on record was 2015, with 10 babies registered as Anna-Leigh in England and Wales.
How many people are called Anna-Leigh in the UK?
A total of 68 babies have been registered as Anna-Leigh across the 14 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 7 more in Scotland.
Where is Anna-Leigh most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Anna-Leigh ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #653 in 2015. 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.