Girls' name · since 1999
Braleigh
543 babies named Braleigh in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,255 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,493 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 543
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
543 babies have been named Braleigh since 1999, making it today's #12493 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Braleigh recorded 543 times among girls since 1999, holding rank #12493 nationally today, ahead of 28% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #11,255 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,493 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 543 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Braleigh ranks #11,255 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,493 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 543 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,255 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,493 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 543
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Braleigh's 543 recorded births place it above 84.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Braleigh compares
543 Top 43% higher than 57% 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
Braleigh's all-time total is 44% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Braleigh | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 543 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 38 | 21 | 19,840 |
Braleigh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Braleigh's full recorded timeline at 2013, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2013 peak of 38 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Braleigh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2013)
- 38
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Braleigh by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (324 births, 60% of the file).
2010s was Braleigh's strongest decade.
324 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Braleigh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 118
2000s
118 births
- 2010s
2010s
324 births
- 2020s 96
2020s
96 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 324 births (60% of all-time use).
How Braleigh 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 Braleigh's total volume
Braleigh by state
Where Braleigh concentrates geographically, total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 57 | 10.5% |
| #2 | Alabama | | 11 | 2.0% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 10 | 1.8% |
| #4 | Louisiana | | 7 | 1.3% |
| #5 | Mississippi | | 5 | 0.9% |
57 of 543 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Braleigh's data
- Braleigh's decade-level peak was the 2010s (324 total births); usage has since declined to 96 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Braleighs (57 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Braleigh: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1999–2025 (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 Braleigh 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.