Maleigh — #9261 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Maleigh

The Social Security Administration has registered 241 babies named Maleigh between 2000 and 2024, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maleigh currently holds the #9261 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Maleigh performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 110 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Maleigh shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Maleigh in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Maleigh 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 241 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.