UK girl's name
Zara-Leigh
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2022. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Zara-Leigh is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Zara-Leigh popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2022 in this profile. In that release it ranked #5669, with 3 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2018, with 4 births.
This profile covers 13 England and Wales registrations across 4 recorded years from 2018 to 2022. 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 75% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 16 living people in the UK are called Zara-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 2023 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Zara-Leigh ranked #5669 for girls in England and Wales in 2022, with 3 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2018, when 4 girls were registered as Zara-Leigh.
- • Zara-Leigh ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #765 in 2019.
- • About 16 living people in the UK are estimated to have Zara-Leigh as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#5669
2022
Births in 2022
3
Latest year
Peak year
2018
4 births
Estimated living
16
2026
Popularity
Zara-Leigh over time
The chart below shows babies named Zara-Leigh registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 2018 to 2022. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Zara-Leigh, the clearest high point is 2018. The latest England and Wales figure is 3 births in 2022, compared with 4 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Zara-Leigh by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Zara-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 | 6 | 2 |
| 2010s | #5138 | 7 | 2 |
Geography
Where Zara-Leigh is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Zara-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.
Zara-Leigh ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #765 in 2019.
Across the UK
Zara-Leigh in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#765 in 2019
1 years of NRS records, 3 total registered
Related
Names similar to Zara-Leigh
- Zoe 23,808
- Zara 19,377
- Zainab 9,407
- Zahra 8,438
- Zoya 4,523
- Zuzanna 4,231
- Zaynab 3,722
- Zofia 2,773
- Zaynah 1,472
- Zaina 1,376
- Zoey 1,262
- Zarah 1,167
FAQ
Zara-Leigh: questions and answers
How popular is the name Zara-Leigh in the UK right now?
In 2022, Zara-Leigh was ranked #5669 for girls in England and Wales, with 3 births registered.
When was Zara-Leigh most popular?
The peak year on record was 2018, with 4 babies registered as Zara-Leigh in England and Wales.
How many people are called Zara-Leigh in the UK?
A total of 13 babies have been registered as Zara-Leigh across the 4 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 3 more in Scotland.
Where is Zara-Leigh most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Zara-Leigh ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #765 in 2019. 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.