Aleigha

#3,067 for girls in 2025, 53 births

Peak · girls
2012 · 317 births
Debut · girls
12 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,867
since 1981

Aleigha over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Aleigha has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202013peak #841, 2012girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#3,06753
2024#2,60767
2023#2,58868
2022#2,68964
2021#1,99197
2020#1,92499
2019#1,724120
2018#1,548140
2017#1,353171
2016#1,313182
2015#1,146221
2014#1,062243
2013#877294
2012#841317
2011#956267
2010#995253
2009#1,091233
2008#1,374175
2007#1,556146
2006#1,314178
2005#1,609126
2004#1,413147
2003#1,542125
2002#1,288152
2001#1,444130
2000#1,421130
1999#1,75391
1998#1,73491
1997#2,04569
1996#2,22960
1995#2,24459
1994#2,25558
1993#3,58530
1992#3,58130
1991#3,93626
1990#3,81327
1989#4,84818
1988#4,84017
1987#7,3539
1986#4,96415
1985#5,07714
1984#5,53912
1983#6,7059
1982#3,64722
1981#5,57112
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First appearance
1981

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 2013

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Aleigha, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Aleigha, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Aleigha, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Aleigha, so not publishedNHWashington: #821 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,260 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Aleigha, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Aleigha, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Aleigha, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Aleigha, so not publishedMNIllinois: #846 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 4,830 girlsILWisconsin: #829 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,614 girlsWIMichigan: #544 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,776 girlsMINew York: #2,158 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 18,252 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Aleigha, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Aleigha, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Aleigha, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Aleigha, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Aleigha, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Aleigha, so not publishedSDIowa: #429 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,824 girlsIAIndiana: #454 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,131 girlsINOhio: #525 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 2,768 girlsOHPennsylvania: #586 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 3,255 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Aleigha, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Aleigha, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,019 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 18,652 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Aleigha, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Aleigha, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Aleigha, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Aleigha, so not publishedMOKentucky: #323 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,423 girlsKYWest Virginia: #347 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,327 girlsWVVirginia: #743 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,031 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Aleigha, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Aleigha, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Aleigha, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Aleigha, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Aleigha, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Aleigha, so not publishedARTennessee: #493 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,287 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #786 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,430 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #625 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,920 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Aleigha, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #638 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,775 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Aleigha, so not publishedLAMississippi: #170 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 682 girlsMSAlabama: #671 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,113 girlsALGeorgia: #941 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,172 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Aleigha, so not publishedHITexas: #1,084 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 6,999 girlsTXFlorida: #860 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 5,073 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#170 · 1 in 682
  2. Kentucky#323 · 1 in 1,423
  3. West Virginia#347 · 1 in 1,327
  4. Iowa#429 · 1 in 1,824
  5. Indiana#454 · 1 in 2,131

Best ever in a state: #170 in Mississippi, 2013.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#170161 in 682
Kentucky#323131 in 1,423
West Virginia#34751 in 1,327
Iowa#42971 in 1,824
Indiana#454141 in 2,131
Tennessee#493131 in 2,287
Ohio#525191 in 2,768
Michigan#544151 in 2,776
Pennsylvania#586161 in 3,255
South Carolina#62561 in 2,920
Oklahoma#63861 in 2,775
Alabama#67161 in 3,113
Virginia#74391 in 4,031
North Carolina#786101 in 4,430
Washington#82171 in 4,260
Wisconsin#82951 in 4,614
Illinois#846121 in 4,830
Florida#860161 in 5,073
Georgia#94191 in 5,172
Texas#1,084231 in 6,999
California#2,019111 in 18,652
New York#2,15851 in 18,252
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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
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1981
  • Peaked 2012 at #841 (317 births)
  • Births halved by 2018, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 2010–2013
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,555
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 45.4% of all girls named Aleigha (2,208) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s128#3,647 (1982)#5,394
1990s541#1,734 (1998)#2,718
2000s1,542#1,091 (2009)#1,405
2010s2,208#841 (2012)#1,182
2020s448#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 2013

girls
#877
294 births · 1 in 5,969 girls

Top girls' names in 2013

  1. #1Sophia21,255
  2. #2Emma20,973
  3. #3Olivia18,454
  4. #4Isabella17,689
  5. #5Ava15,271
  6. #6Mia13,166
  7. #7Emily13,144
  8. #8Abigail12,429
  9. #9Madison10,605
  10. #10Elizabeth9,476
  11. #877Aleigha294
More about 2013

girls

1,754,746 girls got a published name in 2013; 1 in 5,969 of them was named Aleigha, which outranked 95.5% of the 19,279 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aleigha
  1. #874Abril295
  2. #874Aviana295
  3. #874Lara295
  4. #877Aleigha294
  5. #877Micah294
  6. #877Miya294
  7. #877Regan294
  8. #882Carley293
  9. #882Dixie293
  10. #884Samiyah292

Tied with 4 names at #877; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2012
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,124Daleyza#3,711 → #587
  2. ↑ 736Marjorie#1,646 → #910
  3. ↑ 683Lennon#1,612 → #929
  4. ↑ 561Jurnee#1,457 → #896
  5. ↑ 539Everleigh#1,405 → #866
Fallers
  1. ↓ 827Litzy#598 → #1,425
  2. ↓ 409Geraldine#994 → #1,403
  3. ↓ 384Taraji#858 → #1,242
  4. ↓ 374Marisa#977 → #1,351
  5. ↓ 372Adley#733 → #1,105

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2013 →