Leja
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Leja is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies).
Where does Leja come from?
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Is Leja a girl's or a boy's name?
Leja is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leja in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,101among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 75% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Leja, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 925th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 63 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 7 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Leja than any year since 2009.
Half of all the girls named Leja in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 191 girls in the UK were given Leja or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #272, up from #3,101 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Leja in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 14 | #2,057 |
| 2023 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2022 | 21 | #1,527 |
| 2021 | 24 | #1,393 |
| 2020 | 41 | #925 |
| 2019 | 50 | #809 |
| 2018 | 63 | #691 |
| 2017 | 32 | #1,150 |
| 2016 | 51 | #826 |
| 2015 | 49 | #844 |
| 2014 | 41 | #971 |
| 2013 | 44 | #915 |
| 2012 | 28 | #1,259 |
| 2011 | 26 | #1,303 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
Names like Leja
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.