UK girl's name
Nova-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.
Nova-Leigh is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Nova-Leigh popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #2253, with 12 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2023, with 30 births.
This profile covers 91 England and Wales registrations across 7 recorded years from 2018 to 2024. 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 40% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 97 living people in the UK are called Nova-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
- • Nova-Leigh ranked #2253 for girls in England and Wales in 2024, with 12 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2023, when 30 girls were registered as Nova-Leigh.
- • Nova-Leigh ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #749 in 2023.
- • About 97 living people in the UK are estimated to have Nova-Leigh as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#2253
2024
Births in 2024
12
Latest year
Peak year
2023
30 births
Estimated living
97
2026
Popularity
Nova-Leigh over time
The chart below shows babies named Nova-Leigh registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 2018 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 Nova-Leigh, the clearest high point is 2023. The latest England and Wales figure is 12 births in 2024, compared with 30 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Nova-Leigh by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Nova-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 | #2034 | 80 | 5 |
| 2010s | #3760 | 11 | 2 |
Geography
Where Nova-Leigh is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Nova-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.
Nova-Leigh ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #749 in 2023.
Across the UK
Nova-Leigh in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#749 in 2023
2 years of NRS records, 6 total registered
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FAQ
Nova-Leigh: questions and answers
How popular is the name Nova-Leigh in the UK right now?
In 2024, Nova-Leigh was ranked #2253 for girls in England and Wales, with 12 births registered.
When was Nova-Leigh most popular?
The peak year on record was 2023, with 30 babies registered as Nova-Leigh in England and Wales.
How many people are called Nova-Leigh in the UK?
A total of 91 babies have been registered as Nova-Leigh across the 7 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 6 more in Scotland.
Where is Nova-Leigh most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Nova-Leigh ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #749 in 2023. 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.