UK girl's name
Ava-Leigh
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2024. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Ava-Leigh is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Ava-Leigh popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #1541, with 20 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2017, with 36 births.
This profile covers 408 England and Wales registrations across 16 recorded years from 2009 to 2024. 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 56% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 424 living people in the UK are called Ava-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 2025 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Ava-Leigh ranked #1541 for girls in England and Wales in 2024, with 20 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2017, when 36 girls were registered as Ava-Leigh.
- • Ava-Leigh ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #760 in 2022.
- • About 424 living people in the UK are estimated to have Ava-Leigh as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#1541
2024
Births in 2024
20
Latest year
Peak year
2017
36 births
Estimated living
424
2026
Popularity
Ava-Leigh over time
The chart below shows babies named Ava-Leigh registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 2009 to 2024. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Ava-Leigh, the clearest high point is 2017. The latest England and Wales figure is 20 births in 2024, compared with 36 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Ava-Leigh by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Ava-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #1315 | 127 | 5 |
| 2010s | #1263 | 269 | 10 |
| 2000s | #2019 | 12 | 1 |
Geography
Where Ava-Leigh is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Ava-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.
Ava-Leigh ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #760 in 2022.
Across the UK
Ava-Leigh in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#760 in 2022
5 years of NRS records, 18 total registered
Related
Names similar to Ava-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
Ava-Leigh: questions and answers
How popular is the name Ava-Leigh in the UK right now?
In 2024, Ava-Leigh was ranked #1541 for girls in England and Wales, with 20 births registered.
When was Ava-Leigh most popular?
The peak year on record was 2017, with 36 babies registered as Ava-Leigh in England and Wales.
How many people are called Ava-Leigh in the UK?
A total of 408 babies have been registered as Ava-Leigh across the 16 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 18 more in Scotland.
Where is Ava-Leigh most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Ava-Leigh ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #760 in 2022. 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.