Aleigh — #12531 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Aleigh

The Social Security Administration has registered 663 babies named Aleigh between 1987 and 2024, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aleigh currently holds the #12531 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 36 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Aleigh performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 264 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Aleigh shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Aleigh in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Aleigh 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 663 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.