Girls' name · since 1996

Baeleigh

144 babies named Baeleigh in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#23,176 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#13,844 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
144
born since 1996
2010s
peak decade

Baeleigh currently ranks #13844 among girls' names in America, with 144 babies recorded since 1996.

Baeleigh has 144 recorded births among girls since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13844 as of the latest data, more common than 20% 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 1996 to 2025.

  • #23,176 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #13,844 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 144 born since 1996
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Baeleigh ranks #23,176 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,844 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 144 born since 1996, peaking in the 2010s.

#23,176 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#13,844 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
144
born since 1996
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%19.9%
Baeleigh vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Baeleigh's 144 recorded births place it above 67.86% 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.

How Baeleigh compares

144 31st 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

Baeleigh's all-time total is 62% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Baeleigh Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 144 376 567,345
Peak-year births 13 21 19,840

Baeleigh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Baeleigh splits its recorded history at 2010: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1999 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Baeleigh popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2008)
13
Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
468101214 1996200420072010201320182025 6

Baeleigh by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (67 births, 47% of the file).

2010s was Baeleigh's strongest decade.

67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.

Baeleigh births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 67 births (47% of all-time use).

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Baeleigh?
Since 1996, Social Security records show 144 babies named Baeleigh. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #23,176 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #13,844 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2008, with 13 births.
Where does Baeleigh sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Baeleigh ranks #23,176 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,844 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Baeleigh most popular?
Baeleigh was most popular in the 2010s decade with 67 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
How long has the name Baeleigh been used?
Records for Baeleigh go back to 1996, giving 30 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Baeleigh?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Baelynn, Baelyn, Baela, Baeli, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Baeleigh's data

  • Baeleigh's decade-level peak was the 2010s (67 total births); usage has since declined to 21 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.

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 Baeleigh: 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, 1996–2025 (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 Baeleigh 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.