Raleigh
#1,880 for girls in 2025, 104 births · #2,207 for boys in 2025, 64 births
Given to boys 75.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1891 · 24 births
- Debut · boys
- 14 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 9,279since 1880
Raleigh over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,880 | 104 | #2,207 | 64 |
| 2024 | #1,913 | 104 | #2,261 | 63 |
| 2023 | #1,645 | 126 | #2,097 | 70 |
| 2022 | #1,742 | 119 | #2,217 | 65 |
| 2021 | #1,544 | 136 | #2,225 | 63 |
| 2020 | #1,459 | 147 | #1,815 | 82 |
| 2019 | #1,392 | 161 | #1,642 | 99 |
| 2018 | #1,474 | 149 | #1,687 | 93 |
| 2017 | #1,441 | 157 | #1,861 | 79 |
| 2016 | #1,380 | 170 | #1,739 | 89 |
| 2015 | #1,470 | 156 | #1,870 | 78 |
| 2014 | #1,714 | 122 | #1,447 | 113 |
| 2013 | #1,737 | 119 | #1,878 | 75 |
| 2012 | #1,859 | 108 | #1,818 | 81 |
| 2011 | #1,982 | 99 | #1,687 | 88 |
| 2010 | #1,913 | 105 | #1,768 | 84 |
| 2009 | #2,139 | 94 | #2,528 | 50 |
| 2008 | #2,267 | 86 | #2,104 | 65 |
| 2007 | #2,163 | 92 | #2,257 | 58 |
| 2006 | #3,414 | 47 | #2,348 | 53 |
| 2005 | #3,212 | 48 | #2,081 | 59 |
| 2004 | #3,224 | 47 | #2,024 | 59 |
| 2003 | #3,590 | 39 | #2,031 | 56 |
| 2002 | #4,381 | 28 | #1,792 | 64 |
| 2001 | #4,688 | 25 | #2,864 | 32 |
| 2000 | #4,527 | 26 | #2,087 | 48 |
| 1999 | #3,970 | 29 | #2,023 | 47 |
| 1998 | #5,583 | 18 | #2,012 | 47 |
| 1997 | #3,626 | 31 | #1,672 | 59 |
| 1996 | #4,453 | 23 | #1,785 | 51 |
| 1995 | #3,492 | 31 | #1,801 | 48 |
| 1994 | #5,016 | 19 | #1,581 | 58 |
| 1993 | #3,776 | 28 | #1,680 | 52 |
| 1992 | #3,581 | 30 | #1,352 | 70 |
| 1991 | #4,329 | 23 | #1,502 | 58 |
| 1990 | #4,120 | 24 | #1,685 | 48 |
| 1989 | #5,049 | 17 | #1,615 | 49 |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 | #1,467 | 52 |
| 1987 | #4,283 | 19 | #1,161 | 68 |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | #1,511 | 44 |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 | #1,333 | 52 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | #1,214 | 57 |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 | #1,375 | 46 |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 | #1,342 | 49 |
| 1981 | — | #1,766 | 32 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,357 | 48 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,421 | 43 | |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 | #1,487 | 39 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #1,407 | 42 |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | #1,286 | 47 |
| 1975 | — | #1,345 | 42 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,501 | 34 | |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | #1,435 | 35 |
| 1972 | — | #1,177 | 48 | |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | #1,101 | 55 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #1,063 | 59 |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | #1,050 | 54 |
| 1968 | — | #996 | 55 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,132 | 43 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,016 | 51 | |
| 1965 | — | #873 | 70 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,059 | 51 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,081 | 50 | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #891 | 73 |
| 1961 | — | #910 | 71 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,021 | 56 | |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | #875 | 76 |
| 1958 | — | #785 | 91 | |
| 1957 | — | #873 | 75 | |
| 1956 | — | #822 | 82 | |
| 1955 | — | #818 | 80 | |
| 1954 | — | #778 | 84 | |
| 1953 | — | #762 | 87 | |
| 1952 | — | #709 | 98 | |
| 1951 | — | #726 | 91 | |
| 1950 | — | #701 | 96 | |
| 1949 | — | #707 | 94 | |
| 1948 | — | #673 | 100 | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #658 | 110 |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | #642 | 100 |
| 1945 | — | #597 | 104 | |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | #614 | 100 |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 | #607 | 108 |
| 1942 | — | #543 | 127 | |
| 1941 | — | #628 | 93 | |
| 1940 | — | #643 | 87 | |
| 1939 | — | #594 | 95 | |
| 1938 | — | #628 | 90 | |
| 1937 | — | #648 | 84 | |
| 1936 | — | #669 | 78 | |
| 1935 | — | #593 | 95 | |
| 1934 | — | #571 | 107 | |
| 1933 | — | #577 | 100 | |
| 1932 | — | #686 | 80 | |
| 1931 | — | #596 | 97 | |
| 1930 | — | #645 | 90 | |
| 1929 | — | #644 | 91 | |
| 1928 | — | #647 | 93 | |
| 1927 | — | #551 | 125 | |
| 1926 | — | #622 | 101 | |
| 1925 | — | #636 | 100 | |
| 1924 | — | #538 | 138 | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #594 | 113 |
| 1922 | — | #551 | 131 | |
| 1921 | — | #528 | 139 | |
| 1920 | — | #526 | 134 | |
| 1919 | — | #616 | 97 | |
| 1918 | — | #561 | 116 | |
| 1917 | — | #541 | 116 | |
| 1916 | — | #565 | 102 | |
| 1915 | — | #497 | 124 | |
| 1914 | — | #493 | 98 | |
| 1913 | — | #513 | 70 | |
| 1912 | — | #474 | 68 | |
| 1911 | — | #514 | 33 | |
| 1910 | — | #621 | 22 | |
| 1909 | — | #462 | 30 | |
| 1908 | — | #585 | 19 | |
| 1907 | — | #464 | 25 | |
| 1906 | — | #613 | 15 | |
| 1905 | — | #370 | 31 | |
| 1904 | — | #482 | 20 | |
| 1903 | — | #505 | 18 | |
| 1902 | — | #404 | 25 | |
| 1901 | — | #433 | 19 | |
| 1900 | — | #402 | 31 | |
| 1899 | — | #521 | 14 | |
| 1898 | — | #505 | 17 | |
| 1897 | — | #404 | 22 | |
| 1896 | — | #500 | 17 | |
| 1895 | — | #501 | 16 | |
| 1894 | — | #439 | 19 | |
| 1893 | — | #435 | 18 | |
| 1892 | — | #422 | 20 | |
| 1891 | — | #349 | 24 | |
| 1890 | — | #424 | 18 | |
| 1889 | — | #388 | 21 | |
| 1888 | — | #648 | 10 | |
| 1887 | — | #438 | 15 | |
| 1886 | — | #357 | 23 | |
| 1885 | — | #380 | 22 | |
| 1884 | — | #399 | 20 | |
| 1883 | — | #433 | 17 | |
| 1882 | — | #469 | 15 | |
| 1881 | — | #533 | 11 | |
| 1880 | — | #482 | 14 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Raleigh was already there! It came in at #482, and was given to 14 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1887–1888, when fewer than 16 boys a year got the name.
Where Raleigh is popular in 1947
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Virginia#330 · 1 in 4,257
- North Carolina#349 · 1 in 4,439
- West Virginia#363 · 1 in 5,240
- Georgia#371 · 1 in 5,004
- Florida#381 · 1 in 5,760
Best ever in a state: #169 in Florida, 1913.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | #330 | 9 | 1 in 4,257 |
| North Carolina | #349 | 12 | 1 in 4,439 |
| West Virginia | #363 | 5 | 1 in 5,240 |
| Georgia | #371 | 9 | 1 in 5,004 |
| Florida | #381 | 5 | 1 in 5,760 |
| South Carolina | #393 | 5 | 1 in 5,755 |
| Louisiana | #420 | 7 | 1 in 4,860 |
| Kentucky | #451 | 5 | 1 in 7,518 |
| Tennessee | #453 | 5 | 1 in 8,417 |
| California | #653 | 7 | 1 in 17,062 |
| Texas | #805 | 7 | 1 in 14,008 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Raleigh
- 54 spots since 2024 (#2,261 → #2,207)
- 392 spots since 2020 (#1,815 → #2,207)
- 337 spots since 2015 (#1,870 → #2,207)
- Biggest jump: 260 spots in 1889 (#648 → #388)
- Biggest drop: 243 spots in 1906 (#370 → #613)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1891 at #349 (24 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 84 yrs · run 1880–1959
- Highest: 1 in 4,216 boys born in 1891 were named Raleigh (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 26,689 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 12.6% of all boys named Raleigh (1,165) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2006, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 168 | #357 (1886) | #453 |
| 1890s | 185 | #349 (1891) | #450 |
| 1900s | 233 | #370 (1905) | #472 |
| 1910s | 846 | #474 (1912) | #540 |
| 1920s | 1,165 | #526 (1920) | #584 |
| 1930s | 916 | #571 (1934) | #621 |
| 1940s | 1,023 | #543 (1942) | #631 |
| 1950s | 860 | #701 (1950) | #785 |
| 1960s | 574 | #873 (1965) | #1,003 |
| 1970s | 444 | #1,063 (1970) | #1,322 |
| 1980s | 497 | #1,161 (1987) | #1,414 |
| 1990s | 538 | #1,352 (1992) | #1,709 |
| 2000s | 544 | #1,792 (2002) | #2,212 |
| 2010s | 879 | #1,447 (2014) | #1,740 |
| 2020s | 407 | #1,815 (2020) | #2,137 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Raleigh in 1947
Top girls' names in 1947
Top boys' names in 1947
More about 1947
girls
1,772,766 girls got a published name in 1947; 1 in 354,553 of them was named Raleigh, which outranked 13.3% of the 6,104 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 809 names at #5,295; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,829,599 boys got a published name in 1947; 1 in 16,633 of them was named Raleigh, which outranked 84.6% of the 4,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).