Girls' name · since 2008
Aleighna
Aleighna has 116 recorded births since 2008 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2014 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,473 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,262 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 116
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Aleighna is the #16262 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 116 recorded since 2008.
Aleighna has 116 recorded births among girls since 2008, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #16262 as of the latest data, more common than 6% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.
- #25,473 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,262 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 116 born since 2008
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aleighna ranks #25,473 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,262 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 116 born since 2008, peaking in the 2010s.
- #25,473 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,262 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 116
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Aleighna's 116 recorded births place it above 64.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Aleighna compares
116 27th percentile among 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
Aleighna's all-time total is 69% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Aleighna | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 116 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Aleighna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Aleighna's full recorded timeline at 2016, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2009, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2014 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Aleighna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Aleighna by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (78 births, 67% of the file).
2010s was Aleighna's strongest decade.
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Aleighna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 12
2000s
12 births
- 2010s
2010s
78 births
- 2020s 26
2020s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 78 births (67% of all-time use).
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- Aleighna's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (78 total births) through the 2020s (26) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Aleighna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~17 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, 2008–2025 (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 Aleighna 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.