Zaleigh — #10007 US girls' name
215 babies named Zaleigh in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 43% of names given to girls today.
57% of everyone ever named Zaleigh was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Zaleigh in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zaleigh
The Social Security Administration has registered 215 babies named Zaleigh between 2005 and 2024, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zaleigh currently holds the #10007 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zaleigh performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 123 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Zaleigh shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Zaleigh in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zaleigh 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 215 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.
Zaleigh at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Zaleigh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2005
- Peak year (2021)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
Currently ranks #10007 among girls.
215 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 17 births in a single year.
Zaleigh by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 123 births that decade — 57% of Zaleigh's all-time total
Zaleigh decade highlights
- Peak decade 123 births
- Runner-up 62 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Zaleigh's strongest decade
123 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
Zaleigh by state
Where Zaleigh concentrates geographically — total births since 2005
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 2.8% |
6 of 215 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2005–2024 (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.