UK girl's name
Demi-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.
Demi-Leigh is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Demi-Leigh popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #3015, with 8 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2005, with 120 births.
This profile covers 1,555 England and Wales registrations across 29 recorded years from 1996 to 2024. 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 7% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 1,738 living people in the UK are called Demi-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
- • Demi-Leigh ranked #3015 for girls in England and Wales in 2024, with 8 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2005, when 120 girls were registered as Demi-Leigh.
- • Demi-Leigh ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #430 in 2010.
- • About 1,738 living people in the UK are estimated to have Demi-Leigh as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#3015
2024
Births in 2024
8
Latest year
Peak year
2005
120 births
Estimated living
1,738
2026
Popularity
Demi-Leigh over time
The chart below shows babies named Demi-Leigh registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 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 Demi-Leigh, the clearest high point is 2005. The latest England and Wales figure is 8 births in 2024, compared with 120 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Demi-Leigh by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Demi-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 | #2348 | 61 | 5 |
| 2010s | #987 | 465 | 10 |
| 2000s | #453 | 842 | 10 |
| 1990s | #580 | 187 | 4 |
Geography
Where Demi-Leigh is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Demi-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.
Demi-Leigh ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #430 in 2010.
Across the UK
Demi-Leigh in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#765 in 2019
21 years of NRS records, 150 total registered
Northern Ireland (NISRA)
#430 in 2010
9 years of NISRA records, 43 total registered
Related
Names similar to Demi-Leigh
- Daisy 49,435
- Danielle 13,507
- Darcie 11,010
- Darcy 10,516
- Darcey 9,708
- Delilah 9,098
- Demi 9,052
- Daniella 4,324
- Destiny 3,732
- Diana 3,258
- Dorothy 3,104
- Dolly 2,246
FAQ
Demi-Leigh: questions and answers
How popular is the name Demi-Leigh in the UK right now?
In 2024, Demi-Leigh was ranked #3015 for girls in England and Wales, with 8 births registered.
When was Demi-Leigh most popular?
The peak year on record was 2005, with 120 babies registered as Demi-Leigh in England and Wales.
How many people are called Demi-Leigh in the UK?
A total of 1,555 babies have been registered as Demi-Leigh across the 29 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 150 more in Scotland and 43 in Northern Ireland.
Where is Demi-Leigh most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Demi-Leigh ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #430 in 2010. 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.