Meaning not yet researched.
Raleigh: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 104 in 2025. Its best rank was #1,382 in 2016.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #1,382 in 2016; #1,894 in 2025. About 62% of babies named Raleigh in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,894 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2016, at #1,382.
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Raleigh: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 104 girls in 2025. Peak: #1,382 in 2016 · most girls in one year: 170 (2016).
In 2025, 104 US girls were named Raleigh, making it the 1,894th most common girls’ name of the year, up 28 places from #1,922 in 2024. That is 0 more than the 104 girls named Raleigh in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #1,382, reached in 2016. That year also had the most girls given the name: 170. For comparison, it was #1,475 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 64 US boys were named Raleigh, making it the 2,222nd most common boys’ name of the year, up 60 places from #2,282 in 2024. That is 1 more than the 63 boys named Raleigh in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #357, reached in 1891. The most boys given the name in a single year was 139, in 1921. For comparison, it was #1,886 in 2015 and #703 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Raleigh in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 14 babies with the name. In all, 12,336 US babies have been given the name, 25% of them girls and 75% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 2,225 babies named Raleigh.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,373 US girls were named Raleigh; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 170. In 2025 that was about 1 in 15,454 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Raleigh ranked highest in South Carolina in 2025, at #752 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Rayleigh (3,098 babies since 1880) and Raeleigh (2,371 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Raliegh, Raileigh and Raleah are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Raliegh (264), Raileigh (253), Raleah (6), Raleigha (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Raleigh in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 45 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 6 | #752 | #642 |
| Louisiana | 6 | #757 | #480 |
| Alabama | 5 | #921 | #539 |
| Georgia | 9 | #1,048 | #587 |
| Florida | 7 | #1,833 | — |
| Texas | 5 | #3,686 | #1,394 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 104 | #1,894 | 64 | #2,222 |
| 2024 | 104 | #1,922 | 63 | #2,282 |
| 2023 | 126 | #1,653 | 70 | #2,110 |
| 2022 | 119 | #1,750 | 65 | #2,233 |
| 2021 | 136 | #1,552 | 63 | #2,252 |
| 2020 | 147 | #1,466 | 82 | #1,825 |
| 2019 | 161 | #1,401 | 99 | #1,648 |
| 2018 | 149 | #1,480 | 93 | #1,699 |
| 2017 | 157 | #1,446 | 79 | #1,867 |
| 2016 | 170 | #1,382 | 89 | #1,751 |
| 2015 | 156 | #1,475 | 78 | #1,886 |
| 2014 | 122 | #1,723 | 113 | #1,454 |
| 2013 | 119 | #1,742 | 75 | #1,893 |
| 2012 | 108 | #1,869 | 81 | #1,830 |
| 2011 | 99 | #1,998 | 88 | #1,699 |
| 2010 | 105 | #1,923 | 84 | #1,775 |
| 2009 | 94 | #2,143 | 50 | #2,549 |
| 2008 | 86 | #2,287 | 65 | #2,116 |
| 2007 | 92 | #2,174 | 58 | #2,272 |
| 2006 | 47 | #3,457 | 53 | #2,371 |
| 2005 | 48 | #3,251 | 59 | #2,105 |
| 2004 | 47 | #3,253 | 59 | #2,045 |
| 2003 | 39 | #3,642 | 56 | #2,050 |
| 2002 | 28 | #4,475 | 64 | #1,810 |
| 2001 | 25 | #4,800 | 32 | #2,913 |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,629 | 48 | #2,123 |
| 1999 | 29 | #4,056 | 47 | #2,053 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,750 | 47 | #2,037 |
| 1997 | 31 | #3,686 | 59 | #1,690 |
| 1996 | 23 | #4,548 | 51 | #1,811 |
| 1995 | 31 | #3,563 | 48 | #1,828 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,186 | 58 | #1,599 |
| 1993 | 28 | #3,856 | 52 | #1,692 |
| 1992 | 30 | #3,649 | 70 | #1,358 |
| 1991 | 23 | #4,450 | 58 | #1,523 |
| 1990 | 24 | #4,195 | 48 | #1,696 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,219 | 49 | #1,636 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,526 | 52 | #1,475 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,427 | 68 | #1,171 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,472 | 44 | #1,529 |
| 1985 | 9 | #7,400 | 52 | #1,346 |
| 1984 | 9 | #7,251 | 57 | #1,222 |
| 1983 | 11 | #6,115 | 46 | #1,392 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,725 | 49 | #1,356 |
| 1981 | — | — | 32 | #1,801 |
| 1980 | — | — | 48 | #1,372 |
| 1979 | — | — | 43 | #1,429 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,859 | 39 | #1,499 |
| 1977 | 5 | #10,800 | 42 | #1,424 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,917 | 47 | #1,301 |
| 1975 | — | — | 42 | #1,357 |
| 1974 | — | — | 34 | #1,514 |
| 1973 | 6 | #8,141 | 35 | #1,452 |
| 1972 | — | — | 48 | #1,189 |
| 1971 | 7 | #7,162 | 55 | #1,105 |
| 1970 | 5 | #8,957 | 59 | #1,068 |
| 1969 | 5 | #8,360 | 54 | #1,060 |
| 1968 | — | — | 55 | #1,003 |
| 1967 | — | — | 43 | #1,146 |
| 1966 | — | — | 51 | #1,024 |
| 1965 | — | — | 70 | #879 |
| 1964 | — | — | 51 | #1,068 |
| 1963 | — | — | 50 | #1,088 |
| 1962 | 5 | #7,336 | 73 | #895 |
| 1961 | — | — | 71 | #911 |
| 1960 | — | — | 56 | #1,029 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,934 | 76 | #885 |
| 1958 | — | — | 91 | #785 |
| 1957 | — | — | 75 | #878 |
| 1956 | — | — | 82 | #829 |
| 1955 | — | — | 80 | #823 |
| 1954 | — | — | 84 | #783 |
| 1953 | — | — | 87 | #763 |
| 1952 | — | — | 98 | #713 |
| 1951 | — | — | 91 | #729 |
| 1950 | — | — | 96 | #703 |
| 1949 | — | — | 94 | #712 |
| 1948 | — | — | 100 | #676 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,938 | 110 | #660 |
| 1946 | 5 | #5,541 | 100 | #646 |
| 1945 | — | — | 104 | #598 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,453 | 100 | #617 |
| 1943 | 7 | #4,103 | 108 | #610 |
| 1942 | — | — | 127 | #547 |
| 1941 | — | — | 93 | #635 |
| 1940 | — | — | 87 | #644 |
| 1939 | — | — | 95 | #600 |
| 1938 | — | — | 90 | #631 |
| 1937 | — | — | 84 | #649 |
| 1936 | — | — | 78 | #673 |
| 1935 | — | — | 95 | #596 |
| 1934 | — | — | 107 | #572 |
| 1933 | — | — | 100 | #581 |
| 1932 | — | — | 80 | #688 |
| 1931 | — | — | 97 | #601 |
| 1930 | — | — | 90 | #651 |
| 1929 | — | — | 91 | #646 |
| 1928 | — | — | 93 | #651 |
| 1927 | — | — | 125 | #552 |
| 1926 | — | — | 101 | #626 |
| 1925 | — | — | 100 | #638 |
| 1924 | — | — | 138 | #542 |
| 1923 | 5 | #5,557 | 113 | #595 |
| 1922 | — | — | 131 | #553 |
| 1921 | — | — | 139 | #530 |
| 1920 | — | — | 134 | #530 |
| 1919 | — | — | 97 | #617 |
| 1918 | — | — | 116 | #563 |
| 1917 | — | — | 116 | #543 |
| 1916 | — | — | 102 | #570 |
| 1915 | — | — | 124 | #500 |
| 1914 | — | — | 98 | #496 |
| 1913 | — | — | 70 | #518 |
| 1912 | — | — | 68 | #480 |
| 1911 | — | — | 33 | #522 |
| 1910 | — | — | 22 | #633 |
| 1909 | — | — | 30 | #468 |
| 1908 | — | — | 19 | #608 |
| 1907 | — | — | 25 | #469 |
| 1906 | — | — | 15 | #636 |
| 1905 | — | — | 31 | #378 |
| 1904 | — | — | 20 | #489 |
| 1903 | — | — | 18 | #518 |
| 1902 | — | — | 25 | #412 |
| 1901 | — | — | 19 | #449 |
| 1900 | — | — | 31 | #411 |
| 1899 | — | — | 14 | #543 |
| 1898 | — | — | 17 | #517 |
| 1897 | — | — | 22 | #407 |
| 1896 | — | — | 17 | #515 |
| 1895 | — | — | 16 | #522 |
| 1894 | — | — | 19 | #459 |
| 1893 | — | — | 18 | #445 |
| 1892 | — | — | 20 | #440 |
| 1891 | — | — | 24 | #357 |
| 1890 | — | — | 18 | #431 |
| 1889 | — | — | 21 | #402 |
| 1888 | — | — | 10 | #687 |
| 1887 | — | — | 15 | #452 |
| 1886 | — | — | 23 | #366 |
| 1885 | — | — | 22 | #383 |
| 1884 | — | — | 20 | #412 |
| 1883 | — | — | 17 | #445 |
| 1882 | — | — | 15 | #484 |
| 1881 | — | — | 11 | #557 |
| 1880 | — | — | 14 | #499 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).