UK girl's name
Jessica-Leigh
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2014. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Jessica-Leigh is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Jessica-Leigh popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2014 in this profile. In that release it ranked #5691, with 3 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2012, with 9 births.
This profile covers 71 England and Wales registrations across 15 recorded years from 1996 to 2014. 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 33% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 74 living people in the UK are called Jessica-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 2015 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Jessica-Leigh ranked #5691 for girls in England and Wales in 2014, with 3 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2012, when 9 girls were registered as Jessica-Leigh.
- • Jessica-Leigh ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #815 in 2012.
- • About 74 living people in the UK are estimated to have Jessica-Leigh as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#5691
2014
Births in 2014
3
Latest year
Peak year
2012
9 births
Estimated living
74
2026
Popularity
Jessica-Leigh over time
The chart below shows babies named Jessica-Leigh registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 to 2014. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Jessica-Leigh, the clearest high point is 2012. The latest England and Wales figure is 3 births in 2014, compared with 9 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Jessica-Leigh by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Jessica-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | #4577 | 24 | 5 |
| 2000s | #3611 | 40 | 8 |
| 1990s | #3487 | 7 | 2 |
Geography
Where Jessica-Leigh is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Jessica-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.
Jessica-Leigh ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #815 in 2012.
Across the UK
Jessica-Leigh in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#815 in 2012
1 years of NRS records, 3 total registered
Related
Names similar to Jessica-Leigh
- Jessica 105,041
- Jasmine 35,227
- Jade 19,646
- Julia 11,780
- Jennifer 11,529
- Jodie 9,357
- Jemima 6,454
- Josephine 5,889
- Jessie 5,418
- Josie 5,284
- Jasmin 4,706
- Jenna 4,646
FAQ
Jessica-Leigh: questions and answers
How popular is the name Jessica-Leigh in the UK right now?
In 2014, Jessica-Leigh was ranked #5691 for girls in England and Wales, with 3 births registered.
When was Jessica-Leigh most popular?
The peak year on record was 2012, with 9 babies registered as Jessica-Leigh in England and Wales.
How many people are called Jessica-Leigh in the UK?
A total of 71 babies have been registered as Jessica-Leigh across the 15 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 3 more in Scotland.
Where is Jessica-Leigh most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Jessica-Leigh ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #815 in 2012. 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.