UK girl's name
Demileigh
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.
Demileigh is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Demileigh 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 2002, with 17 births.
This profile covers 173 England and Wales registrations across 19 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 18% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 183 living people in the UK are called Demileigh. 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
- • Demileigh ranked #5730 for girls in England and Wales in 2015, with 3 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2002, when 17 girls were registered as Demileigh.
- • Demileigh ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #744 in 2007.
- • About 183 living people in the UK are estimated to have Demileigh 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
2002
17 births
Estimated living
183
2026
Popularity
Demileigh over time
The chart below shows babies named Demileigh 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 Demileigh, the clearest high point is 2002. The latest England and Wales figure is 3 births in 2015, compared with 17 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Demileigh by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Demileigh 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 | #4615 | 28 | 6 |
| 2000s | #2110 | 109 | 9 |
| 1990s | #1827 | 36 | 4 |
Geography
Where Demileigh is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Demileigh. 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.
Demileigh ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #744 in 2007.
Across the UK
Demileigh in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#744 in 2007
3 years of NRS records, 11 total registered
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FAQ
Demileigh: questions and answers
How popular is the name Demileigh in the UK right now?
In 2015, Demileigh was ranked #5730 for girls in England and Wales, with 3 births registered.
When was Demileigh most popular?
The peak year on record was 2002, with 17 babies registered as Demileigh in England and Wales.
How many people are called Demileigh in the UK?
A total of 173 babies have been registered as Demileigh across the 19 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 11 more in Scotland.
Where is Demileigh most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Demileigh ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #744 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.