Girls' name · since 2012
Eleigha
16 babies named Eleigha in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #48,606 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,419 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 16
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
16 babies have been named Eleigha since 2012, making it today's #14419 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eleigha has been recorded 16 times among girls since 2012, currently ranked #14419 nationally and more common than 17% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2012 to 2025.
- #48,606 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,419 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 16 born since 2012
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eleigha ranks #48,606 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,419 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 16 born since 2012, peaking in the 2010s.
- #48,606 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,419 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 16
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
Eleigha's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Eleigha compares
16 6th 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
Eleigha's all-time total is 96% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Eleigha | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 16 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 21 | 19,840 |
Eleigha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Eleigha's full recorded timeline at 2015, 69% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 31% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2012, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Eleigha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Eleigha by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (10 births, 63% of the file).
2010s was Eleigha's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Eleigha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 10 births (63% of all-time use).
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What to do with Eleigha's data
- Eleigha's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (10 total births) through the 2020s (6) -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Eleigha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~13 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, 2012–2025 (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 Eleigha 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.