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How popular is the name Leen?
Births per year, rank history and how many Leens are alive today.
Leen (female) is an uncommon spelling of the girls' name Leanne in England and Wales, ranked 573rd in 2025 with 69 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2024, when 71 babies were given the name, the 547th most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade.
Across all spellings of the name, the Leanne you are most likely to meet is around 42 years old. Half of all Leannes born in England and Wales are between 34 and 45, and there are at least 28,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly an 8.5% chance that at least one of them will be called Leanne.
How many babies are named Leen each year?
Includes all spellings: Leen, Leanne. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Leen spelling rank?
Where does the Leanne spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Leen most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Leanne, peaked in 1984, when around 1,600 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Leen spelling itself peaked in 2024, with 71 babies.
How many people are called Leen?
At least 28,000 people named Leen in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Leen?
Most living Leens are between 34 and 45; the most common age is about 42.
Is Leen becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.