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.
49% of everyone ever named Aaleigha was born in this single decade.
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 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Aaleigha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1997
- Peak year (2012)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
183 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 21 births in a single year.
Aaleigha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 89 births that decade — 49% of Aaleigha's all-time total
Aaleigha decade highlights
- Peak decade 89 births
- Runner-up 75 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Aaleigha's strongest decade
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
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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.