Recorded 1997–2022 Girls' name Peak 2012 183 births

Aaleigha — girls' name

183 babies named Aaleigha in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s72000s752010s892020s12
2010s
Peak decade

49% of everyone ever named Aaleigha was born in this single decade.

2012
Single peak year

21 babies were named Aaleigha in 2012 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Aaleigha

The Social Security Administration has registered 183 babies named Aaleigha between 1997 and 2022, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aaleigha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Aaleigha performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 89 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Aaleigha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Aaleigha in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 183 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Aaleigha at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

183

Since 1997

26 years of records

Peak year

2012

21 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1997

Recorded for 26 years

Last year on file: 2022

Aaleigha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1997

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2012)
21
Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
510152025 20222017201420112008200320001997 7

Aaleigha by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
89 births that decade — 49% of Aaleigha's all-time total
1990s72000s752010s892020s12

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Aaleigha?
183 babies have been named Aaleigha since 1997. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2012 with 21 births.
When was Aaleigha most popular?
Aaleigha was most popular in the 2010s decade with 89 total births. The single peak year was 2012.
How long has the name Aaleigha been used?
Aaleigha has been recorded in Social Security data since 1997, spanning 26 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Aaleigha?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Aaliyah, Aaliya, Aaleyah, Aalayah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1997–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.