Naleigha — #14563 US girls' name
81 babies named Naleigha in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 18% of names given to girls today.
80% of everyone ever named Naleigha was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Naleigha in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Naleigha
The Social Security Administration has registered 81 babies named Naleigha between 2009 and 2024, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Naleigha currently holds the #14563 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Naleigha performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 65 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Naleigha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Naleigha 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 81 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.
Naleigha at a glance
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Current rank
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Naleigha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2009
- Peak year (2012)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
Currently ranks #14563 among girls.
81 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 13 births in a single year.
Naleigha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 65 births that decade — 80% of Naleigha's all-time total
Naleigha decade highlights
- Peak decade 65 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Naleigha's strongest decade
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 80% of all-time use.
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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, 2009–2024 (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.