Jaleigh — #7398 US girls' name
915 babies named Jaleigh in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 58% of names given to girls today.
42% of everyone ever named Jaleigh was born in this single decade.
56 babies were named Jaleigh in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jaleigh
The Social Security Administration has registered 915 babies named Jaleigh between 1993 and 2024, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jaleigh currently holds the #7398 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 56 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jaleigh performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 384 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jaleigh shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 55 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Jaleigh in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jaleigh in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 915 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Jaleigh at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Jaleigh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1993
- Peak year (2009)
- 56
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
Currently ranks #7398 among girls.
915 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 56 births in a single year.
Jaleigh by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 384 births that decade — 42% of Jaleigh's all-time total
Jaleigh decade highlights
- Peak decade 384 births
- Runner-up 362 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jaleigh's strongest decade
384 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Jaleigh by state
Where Jaleigh concentrates geographically — total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 55 | 6.0% |
| #2 | Louisiana | | 27 | 3.0% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 16 | 1.7% |
| #4 | Alabama | | 10 | 1.1% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 10 | 1.1% |
| #6 | Tennessee | | 9 | 1.0% |
| #7 | Florida | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 6 | 0.7% |
55 of 915 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 6.0% of nationwide
- Louisiana 3.0% of nationwide
- Georgia 1.7% of nationwide
- Alabama 1.1% of nationwide
- North Carolina 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 9 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 6.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jaleigh appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1993–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.