Girls' name · since 2006

Aleighya

Aleighya has 66 recorded births since 2006 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#31,716 of 72,339
all-time among girls
66
born since 2006
2010s
peak decade

Aleighya sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 66 recorded since 2006.

Aleighya has 66 recorded births among girls since 2006, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 2006 to 2017.

  • #31,716 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • 66 born since 2006
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aleighya ranks #31,716 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 66 born since 2006, peaking in the 2010s.

#31,716 of 72,339
all-time among girls
66
born since 2006
2010s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Aleighya's 66 recorded births place it above 55.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Aleighya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Aleighya splits its recorded history at 2012: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2006 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2010 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Aleighya popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2017

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2010)
11
Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
4681012 200620072010201120122013201520162017 6

Aleighya by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (54 births, 82% of the file).

2010s was Aleighya's strongest decade.

54 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 82% of all-time use.

Aleighya births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 54 births (82% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Aleighya?
66 babies have been named Aleighya since 2006. All-time, it sits at #31,716 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2010 with 11 births.
Where does Aleighya sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aleighya ranks #31,716 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Aleighya most popular?
Aleighya was most popular in the 2010s decade with 54 total births. The single peak year was 2010.
How long has the name Aleighya been used?
Aleighya has been recorded in Social Security data since 2006, spanning 12 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Aleighya?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Alexis, Alexandra, Alexa, Alexandria, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Two nationwide peer axes for Aleighya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2006–2017 (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 Aleighya 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.