Girls' name · since 2002
Raileigh
253 babies named Raileigh in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,498 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,479 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 253
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Raileigh is the #11479 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 253 recorded since 2002.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raileigh has been recorded 253 times among girls since 2002, currently ranked #11479 nationally and more common than 34% 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 2002 to 2025.
- #17,498 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,479 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 253 born since 2002
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raileigh ranks #17,498 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,479 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 253 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.
- #17,498 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,479 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 253
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Raileigh's 253 recorded births place it above 75.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Raileigh compares
253 41st 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
Raileigh's all-time total is 33% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Raileigh | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 253 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Raileigh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Raileigh's full recorded timeline at 2014, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2005, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2013 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Raileigh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2013)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Raileigh by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (146 births, 58% of the file).
2010s was Raileigh's strongest decade.
146 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Raileigh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 56
2000s
56 births
- 2010s
2010s
146 births
- 2020s 51
2020s
51 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 146 births (58% of all-time use).
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What to do with Raileigh's data
- Raileigh's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (146 total births) through the 2020s (51) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Raileigh: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~23 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, 2002–2025 (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 Raileigh 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.