Aleigha
#3,067 for girls in 2025, 53 births
- Peak · girls
- 2012 · 317 births
- Debut · girls
- 12 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,867since 1981
Aleigha over time
Rank among girls' names. Aleigha has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,067 | 53 |
| 2024 | #2,607 | 67 |
| 2023 | #2,588 | 68 |
| 2022 | #2,689 | 64 |
| 2021 | #1,991 | 97 |
| 2020 | #1,924 | 99 |
| 2019 | #1,724 | 120 |
| 2018 | #1,548 | 140 |
| 2017 | #1,353 | 171 |
| 2016 | #1,313 | 182 |
| 2015 | #1,146 | 221 |
| 2014 | #1,062 | 243 |
| 2013 | #877 | 294 |
| 2012 | #841 | 317 |
| 2011 | #956 | 267 |
| 2010 | #995 | 253 |
| 2009 | #1,091 | 233 |
| 2008 | #1,374 | 175 |
| 2007 | #1,556 | 146 |
| 2006 | #1,314 | 178 |
| 2005 | #1,609 | 126 |
| 2004 | #1,413 | 147 |
| 2003 | #1,542 | 125 |
| 2002 | #1,288 | 152 |
| 2001 | #1,444 | 130 |
| 2000 | #1,421 | 130 |
| 1999 | #1,753 | 91 |
| 1998 | #1,734 | 91 |
| 1997 | #2,045 | 69 |
| 1996 | #2,229 | 60 |
| 1995 | #2,244 | 59 |
| 1994 | #2,255 | 58 |
| 1993 | #3,585 | 30 |
| 1992 | #3,581 | 30 |
| 1991 | #3,936 | 26 |
| 1990 | #3,813 | 27 |
| 1989 | #4,848 | 18 |
| 1988 | #4,840 | 17 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 |
| 1986 | #4,964 | 15 |
| 1985 | #5,077 | 14 |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 |
| 1982 | #3,647 | 22 |
| 1981 | #5,571 | 12 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | — | |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | — | |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | — | |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Aleigha! It came in at #5,571, and was given to 12 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1983–1984, when fewer than 13 girls a year got the name.
Where Aleigha is popular in 2005
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- West Virginia#318 · 1 in 1,373
- Michigan#601 · 1 in 3,643
- South Carolina#657 · 1 in 3,489
- Indiana#818 · 1 in 5,418
- North Carolina#858 · 1 in 5,044
Best ever in a state: #170 in Mississippi, 2013.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #318 | 5 | 1 in 1,373 |
| Michigan | #601 | 13 | 1 in 3,643 |
| South Carolina | #657 | 5 | 1 in 3,489 |
| Indiana | #818 | 6 | 1 in 5,418 |
| North Carolina | #858 | 9 | 1 in 5,044 |
| Pennsylvania | #916 | 8 | 1 in 6,857 |
| Tennessee | #964 | 5 | 1 in 6,215 |
| Ohio | #1,036 | 7 | 1 in 8,183 |
| Illinois | #1,441 | 6 | 1 in 11,193 |
| Georgia | #1,501 | 5 | 1 in 10,279 |
| New York | #2,117 | 5 | 1 in 19,016 |
| Texas | #2,346 | 7 | 1 in 22,943 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Iowa | — | — | — |
| Kansas | — | — | — |
| Kentucky | — | — | — |
| Louisiana | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Maryland | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Minnesota | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Missouri | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Jersey | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Virginia | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Aleigha
- 460 spots since 2024 (#2,607 → #3,067)
- 1,143 spots since 2020 (#1,924 → #3,067)
- 1,921 spots since 2015 (#1,146 → #3,067)
- Biggest jump: 115 spots in 2012 (#956 → #841)
- Biggest drop: 185 spots in 2014 (#877 → #1,062)
- Debuted 1981
- Peaked 2012 at #841 (317 births)
- Births halved by 2018, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 2010–2013
- Highest: 1 in 5,555 girls born in 2012 were named Aleigha (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 30,326 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 45.4% of all girls named Aleigha (2,208) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 128 | #3,647 (1982) | #5,394 |
| 1990s | 541 | #1,734 (1998) | #2,718 |
| 2000s | 1,542 | #1,091 (2009) | #1,405 |
| 2010s | 2,208 | #841 (2012) | #1,182 |
| 2020s | 448 | #1,924 (2020) | #2,478 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Aleigha in 2005
Top girls' names in 2005
More about 2005
girls
1,847,842 girls got a published name in 2005; 1 in 14,665 of them was named Aleigha, which outranked 91.6% of the 19,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,599Rosalyn127
- #1,599Sonja127
- #1,599Stefany127
- #1,609Aleigha126
- #1,609Daisha126
- #1,609Eleni126
- #1,609Graci126
- #1,615Arionna125
- #1,615Dawn125
- #1,615Jocelyne125
Tied with 5 names at #1,609; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.