Girls' name · since 1987
Aleigh
Aleigh has 668 recorded births since 1987 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2012 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,822 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,524 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 668
- born since 1987
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Aleigh is the #15524 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 668 recorded since 1987.
Aleigh has 668 recorded births among girls since 1987, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15524 as of the latest data, more common than 10% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2025.
- #9,822 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,524 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 668 born since 1987
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aleigh ranks #9,822 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,524 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 668 born since 1987, peaking in the 2000s.
- #9,822 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,524 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 668
- born since 1987
- 2000s
- peak decade
Aleigh's 668 recorded births place it above 86.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Aleigh compares
668 Top 39% higher than 61% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Aleigh's all-time total is 78% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Aleigh | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 668 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 36 | 21 | 19,840 |
Aleigh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Aleigh splits its recorded history at 2007: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1987 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2012 peak of 36 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Aleigh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 36
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Aleigh by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (264 births, 40% of the file).
2000s was Aleigh's strongest decade.
264 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Aleigh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
- 1990s
1990s
113 births
- 2000s
2000s
264 births
- 2010s
2010s
228 births
- 2020s 51
2020s
51 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 264 births (40% of all-time use).
How Aleigh compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Aleigh's total volume
Aleigh by state
Where Aleigh concentrates geographically, total births since 1987
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What to do with Aleigh's data
- Aleigh's decade-level peak was the 2000s (264 total births); usage has since declined to 51 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Aleighs (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Aleigh: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~38 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1987–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Aleigh draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.