Raeleigh
- #2,410 for girls in 2025, 74 births
- Peak · girls
- 2021 · 136 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,371since 1994
Raeleigh over time
Rank among girls' names. Raeleigh has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,410 | 74 |
| 2024 | #2,265 | 82 |
| 2023 | #1,750 | 117 |
| 2022 | #1,918 | 104 |
| 2021 | #1,544 | 136 |
| 2020 | #1,924 | 99 |
| 2019 | #1,816 | 112 |
| 2018 | #1,640 | 129 |
| 2017 | #1,580 | 138 |
| 2016 | #1,649 | 131 |
| 2015 | #1,655 | 129 |
| 2014 | #1,643 | 130 |
| 2013 | #1,866 | 108 |
| 2012 | #1,911 | 104 |
| 2011 | #1,886 | 106 |
| 2010 | #2,028 | 98 |
| 2009 | #2,119 | 95 |
| 2008 | #2,441 | 78 |
| 2007 | #2,616 | 70 |
| 2006 | #3,264 | 50 |
| 2005 | #3,509 | 42 |
| 2004 | #3,631 | 40 |
| 2003 | #3,291 | 44 |
| 2002 | #3,654 | 36 |
| 2001 | #4,209 | 29 |
| 2000 | #4,981 | 23 |
| 1999 | #6,484 | 15 |
| 1998 | #6,360 | 15 |
| 1997 | #5,868 | 16 |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Raeleigh! It came in at #13,430, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1994–1995, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.
Where Raeleigh is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#441 · 1 in 1,483
- Tennessee#983 · 1 in 5,346
- Ohio#1,035 · 1 in 5,909
- Texas#2,210 · 1 in 17,838
Best ever in a state: #336 in West Virginia, 2016.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Mississippi | #441 | 6 | 1 in 1,483 |
| Tennessee | #983 | 6 | 1 in 5,346 |
| Ohio | #1,035 | 8 | 1 in 5,909 |
| Texas | #2,210 | 9 | 1 in 17,838 |
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See more about Raeleigh
- 486 spots since 2020 (#1,924 → #2,410)
- Debuted 1994
- Peaked 2021 at #1,544 (136 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 12,065 girls born in 2021 were named Raeleigh (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 21,720 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 50.0% of all girls named Raeleigh (1,185) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 67 | #5,868 (1997) | #8,676 |
| 2000s | 507 | #2,119 (2009) | #3,372 |
| 2010s | 1,185 | #1,580 (2017) | #1,767 |
| 2020s | 612 | #1,544 (2021) | #1,969 |
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.
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