Aleigha — #2608 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Aleigha

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,810 babies named Aleigha between 1981 and 2024, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aleigha currently holds the #2608 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 316 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Aleigha performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 2,204 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Aleigha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 325 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Aleigha in 32 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Aleigha 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 4,810 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.