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UK girl's name

Lee-Anne

For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 1999. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.

Lee-Anne is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Lee-Anne popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 1999 in this profile. In that release it ranked #3225, with 4 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 1996, with 4 births.

This profile covers 11 England and Wales registrations across 3 recorded years from 1996 to 1999. 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 100% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.

We estimate that about 388 living people in the UK are called Lee-Anne. 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 2000 or 2026.

Key insights

  • Lee-Anne ranked #3225 for girls in England and Wales in 1999, with 4 registrations.
  • The name peaked in 1996, when 4 girls were registered as Lee-Anne.
  • Lee-Anne ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #611 in 1996.
  • About 388 living people in the UK are estimated to have Lee-Anne as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.

Latest rank (E&W)

#3225

1999

Births in 1999

4

Latest year

Peak year

1996

4 births

Estimated living

388

2026

Popularity

Lee-Anne over time

The chart below shows babies named Lee-Anne registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 to 1999. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.

For Lee-Anne, the clearest high point is 1996. The latest England and Wales figure is 4 births in 1999, compared with 4 at the peak.

Babies born per year

Lee-Anne
01234199619971999

Decades

Lee-Anne by decade

Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Lee-Anne 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
1990s #3392 11 3

Geography

Where Lee-Anne is most common

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

Lee-Anne ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #611 in 1996.

Scotland
3

Across the UK

Lee-Anne in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Scotland (NRS)

#611 in 1996

20 years of NRS records, 384 total registered

Related

Names similar to Lee-Anne

FAQ

Lee-Anne: questions and answers

How popular is the name Lee-Anne in the UK right now?

In 1999, Lee-Anne was ranked #3225 for girls in England and Wales, with 4 births registered.

When was Lee-Anne most popular?

The peak year on record was 1996, with 4 babies registered as Lee-Anne in England and Wales.

How many people are called Lee-Anne in the UK?

A total of 11 babies have been registered as Lee-Anne across the 3 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 384 more in Scotland.

Where is Lee-Anne most common?

In the latest published local rankings, Lee-Anne ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #611 in 1996. 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.