UK girl's name
Katie-Leigh
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2021. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Katie-Leigh is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Katie-Leigh popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2021 in this profile. In that release it ranked #5581, with 3 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2009, with 17 births.
This profile covers 160 England and Wales registrations across 21 recorded years from 1997 to 2021. 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 18% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 222 living people in the UK are called Katie-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 2022 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Katie-Leigh ranked #5581 for girls in England and Wales in 2021, with 3 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2009, when 17 girls were registered as Katie-Leigh.
- • Katie-Leigh ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #327 in 2013.
- • About 222 living people in the UK are estimated to have Katie-Leigh as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#5581
2021
Births in 2021
3
Latest year
Peak year
2009
17 births
Estimated living
222
2026
Popularity
Katie-Leigh over time
The chart below shows babies named Katie-Leigh registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1997 to 2021. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Katie-Leigh, the clearest high point is 2009. The latest England and Wales figure is 3 births in 2021, compared with 17 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Katie-Leigh by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Katie-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 | #5581 | 3 | 1 |
| 2010s | #3758 | 44 | 7 |
| 2000s | #2122 | 100 | 10 |
| 1990s | #3161 | 13 | 3 |
Geography
Where Katie-Leigh is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Katie-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.
Katie-Leigh ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #327 in 2013.
Across the UK
Katie-Leigh in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#802 in 2014
4 years of NRS records, 17 total registered
Northern Ireland (NISRA)
#327 in 2013
9 years of NISRA records, 46 total registered
Related
Names similar to Katie-Leigh
- Katie 53,185
- Keira 14,411
- Katherine 11,323
- Kayleigh 10,677
- Kate 10,276
- Kelsey 7,224
- Kiera 7,218
- Kayla 6,541
- Kirsty 6,384
- Khadija 5,948
- Kimberley 5,189
- Kaitlyn 5,137
FAQ
Katie-Leigh: questions and answers
How popular is the name Katie-Leigh in the UK right now?
In 2021, Katie-Leigh was ranked #5581 for girls in England and Wales, with 3 births registered.
When was Katie-Leigh most popular?
The peak year on record was 2009, with 17 babies registered as Katie-Leigh in England and Wales.
How many people are called Katie-Leigh in the UK?
A total of 160 babies have been registered as Katie-Leigh across the 21 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 17 more in Scotland and 46 in Northern Ireland.
Where is Katie-Leigh most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Katie-Leigh ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #327 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.