UK girl's name
Emma-Leigh
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2020. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Emma-Leigh is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Emma-Leigh popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2020 in this profile. In that release it ranked #5493, with 3 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2007, with 13 births.
This profile covers 146 England and Wales registrations across 22 recorded years from 1996 to 2020. 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 23% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 148 living people in the UK are called Emma-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 2021 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Emma-Leigh ranked #5493 for girls in England and Wales in 2020, with 3 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2007, when 13 girls were registered as Emma-Leigh.
- • Emma-Leigh ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #816 in 2013.
- • About 148 living people in the UK are estimated to have Emma-Leigh as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#5493
2020
Births in 2020
3
Latest year
Peak year
2007
13 births
Estimated living
148
2026
Popularity
Emma-Leigh over time
The chart below shows babies named Emma-Leigh registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 to 2020. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Emma-Leigh, the clearest high point is 2007. The latest England and Wales figure is 3 births in 2020, compared with 13 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Emma-Leigh by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Emma-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 | #5493 | 3 | 1 |
| 2010s | #4716 | 30 | 7 |
| 2000s | #2720 | 76 | 10 |
| 1990s | #1784 | 37 | 4 |
Geography
Where Emma-Leigh is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Emma-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.
Emma-Leigh ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #816 in 2013.
Across the UK
Emma-Leigh in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#816 in 2013
1 years of NRS records, 3 total registered
Related
Names similar to Emma-Leigh
- Emily 121,621
- Ella 69,101
- Ellie 63,522
- Evie 52,944
- Emma 50,755
- Eleanor 40,576
- Elizabeth 39,225
- Erin 34,816
- Eva 29,738
- Evelyn 26,911
- Elsie 23,671
- Emilia 22,167
FAQ
Emma-Leigh: questions and answers
How popular is the name Emma-Leigh in the UK right now?
In 2020, Emma-Leigh was ranked #5493 for girls in England and Wales, with 3 births registered.
When was Emma-Leigh most popular?
The peak year on record was 2007, with 13 babies registered as Emma-Leigh in England and Wales.
How many people are called Emma-Leigh in the UK?
A total of 146 babies have been registered as Emma-Leigh across the 22 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 3 more in Scotland.
Where is Emma-Leigh most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Emma-Leigh ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #816 in 2013. 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.