Raeleigh
Raeleigh is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 81 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 810.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 2017138 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1994
- 2,295people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,295 girls have been named Raeleigh in the United States since 1994, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2017, with 138 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2017, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2015, and the 2010s alone account for 52%.
By decade
In 2017, its biggest year
Raeleigh was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2017 were Emma, Olivia, Ava, Isabella and Sophia. See all of 2017.
Names that rose and fell with Raeleigh
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Navyapeak 2017
- Presleighpeak 2015
- Azlynnpeak 2018
- Ellisonpeak 2021
- Rayleepeak 2017
- Ryleipeak 2018
- Caliyahpeak 2017
- Landriepeak 2016
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.