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UK name, mostly girls

Jamie-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.

Jamie-Leigh is mostly registered for girls in the UK records. People looking for Jamie-Leigh popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #4843, with 4 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2010, with 53 births.

This profile covers 850 England and Wales registrations across 27 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 8% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.

We estimate that about 982 living people in the UK are called Jamie-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

  • Jamie-Leigh ranked #4843 for girls in England and Wales in 2024, with 4 registrations.
  • The name peaked in 2010, when 53 girls were registered as Jamie-Leigh.
  • Jamie-Leigh ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #377 in 2005.
  • About 982 living people in the UK are estimated to have Jamie-Leigh as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
  • Across the England and Wales records shown here, 99.5% of Jamie-Leigh registrations are for girls.

Latest rank (E&W)

#4843

2024

Births in 2024

4

Latest year

Peak year

2010

53 births

Estimated living

982

2026

Gender

Boy and girl registrations for Jamie-Leigh

In England and Wales birth records, Jamie-Leigh has been registered for both boys and girls. Across the years shown here, 0.5% of registrations are for boys and 99.5% are for girls.

These figures use the sex categories in the published baby-name files. They are useful for spotting how the name is used at registration, but they are not a live measure of gender identity or everyone living with the name today.

100% girls
Boys4 (0.5%)Girls850 (99.5%)

Jamie-Leigh registered for boys

  • Ranked #2,419 in 1998
  • 4 boys registered in 1998
  • Peak: 1998 (4 births)

Jamie-Leigh registered for girls

  • Ranked #4,843 in 2024
  • 4 girls registered in 2024
  • Peak: 2010 (53 births)

Popularity

Jamie-Leigh over time

The chart below compares boys and girls registered as Jamie-Leigh in England and Wales, 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 Jamie-Leigh, the clearest high point is 2010. The latest England and Wales figure is 4 births in 2024, compared with 53 at the peak.

Babies born per year

BoysGirls
013274053199620102024

Decades

Jamie-Leigh by decade

Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Jamie-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 #4333 14 3
2010s #1820 232 10
2000s #689 439 10
1990s #624 165 4

Geography

Where Jamie-Leigh is most common

The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Jamie-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.

Jamie-Leigh ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #377 in 2005.

Northern Ireland
3
Scotland
3

Across the UK

Jamie-Leigh in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Scotland (NRS)

#809 in 2018

22 years of NRS records, 130 total registered

Northern Ireland (NISRA)

#377 in 2005

2 years of NISRA records, 8 total registered

Related

Names similar to Jamie-Leigh

FAQ

Jamie-Leigh: questions and answers

How popular is the name Jamie-Leigh in the UK right now?

In 2024, Jamie-Leigh was ranked #4843 for girls in England and Wales, with 4 births registered.

When was Jamie-Leigh most popular?

The peak year on record was 2010, with 53 babies registered as Jamie-Leigh in England and Wales.

How many people are called Jamie-Leigh in the UK?

A total of 850 babies have been registered as Jamie-Leigh across the 27 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 130 more in Scotland and 8 in Northern Ireland.

Where is Jamie-Leigh most common?

In the latest published local rankings, Jamie-Leigh ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #377 in 2005. 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.