UK girl's name
Laura-Jayne
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2000. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Laura-Jayne is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Laura-Jayne popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2000 in this profile. In that release it ranked #3247, with 4 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 1996, with 6 births.
This profile covers 20 England and Wales registrations across 4 recorded years from 1996 to 2000. 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 67% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 23 living people in the UK are called Laura-Jayne. 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 2001 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Laura-Jayne ranked #3247 for girls in England and Wales in 2000, with 4 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 1996, when 6 girls were registered as Laura-Jayne.
- • Laura-Jayne ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #535 in 1979.
- • About 23 living people in the UK are estimated to have Laura-Jayne as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#3247
2000
Births in 2000
4
Latest year
Peak year
1996
6 births
Estimated living
23
2026
Popularity
Laura-Jayne over time
The chart below shows babies named Laura-Jayne registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 to 2000. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Laura-Jayne, the clearest high point is 1996. The latest England and Wales figure is 4 births in 2000, compared with 6 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Laura-Jayne by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Laura-Jayne 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | #3247 | 4 | 1 |
| 1990s | #2644 | 16 | 3 |
Geography
Where Laura-Jayne is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Laura-Jayne. 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.
Laura-Jayne ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #535 in 1979.
Across the UK
Laura-Jayne in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#535 in 1979
1 years of NRS records, 3 total registered
Related
Names similar to Laura-Jayne
- Lily 72,956
- Lucy 70,663
- Lauren 50,664
- Leah 33,185
- Lola 24,525
- Layla 24,520
- Laura 23,471
- Lilly 21,714
- Lydia 18,353
- Libby 14,515
- Lara 13,415
- Lacey 13,406
FAQ
Laura-Jayne: questions and answers
How popular is the name Laura-Jayne in the UK right now?
In 2000, Laura-Jayne was ranked #3247 for girls in England and Wales, with 4 births registered.
When was Laura-Jayne most popular?
The peak year on record was 1996, with 6 babies registered as Laura-Jayne in England and Wales.
How many people are called Laura-Jayne in the UK?
A total of 20 babies have been registered as Laura-Jayne across the 4 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 3 more in Scotland.
Where is Laura-Jayne most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Laura-Jayne ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #535 in 1979. 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.