Neleigh — girls' name

What the Data Says About Neleigh

The Social Security Administration has registered 18 babies named Neleigh between 2002 and 2011, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Neleigh currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Neleigh performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Neleigh shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Nebraska, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Neleigh in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Neleigh 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 18 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.