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Arleigh

#6,145 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

From English Arleigh; literal meaning unconfirmed

Arleigh has been given to 1,227 babies in the U.S. since 1924. In 2025 it ranked #6,145 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2017, with 43 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 58% girls, 42% boys all-time.

Babies named Arleigh, 2025

1 in 174,000

Arleigh over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Arleigh over time

In 2025, Arleigh went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19022025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Arleigh: meaning, origin, and history

From English Arleigh; literal meaning unconfirmed

English

What Arleigh means

Arleigh is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Arleigh is used in Cebuano. Its origins include English.

Arleigh comes through English Arleigh.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 710 girls were recorded with the name Arleigh between 1924 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 43 in 2017; its best national rank was #3,556 in 2017.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,557 in 2020 to #6,145 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #6,266 in 2015 to #6,145 in 2025.

In the United States, 517 boys were recorded with the name Arleigh between 1902 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 23 in 1921; its best national rank was #1,135 in 1903.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Arleigh?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 174,000
19 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 84,600
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#6,145
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
120,943 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Arleigh sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 120,943 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Arleigh. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Arleighs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Arleigh was born before 2014 — so the typical Arleigh is around 11 today.

Median birth year
2014
About 11 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
43.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
89.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
700
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 43.5% of all recorded uses (309).

Is Arleigh rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−1,236
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,588
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+121
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
0.95×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
44.2%
Peak was 2017 (43)
Years since peak
8
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
20.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,556
2017

Spellings of Arleigh

Arleigh is not the most common spelling — Leigh is, with 12.7% against Arleigh's 0.22%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Arleigh is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Arleigh was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,023,410 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Arleigh has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Arleigh is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Arleigh was most concentrated in Wisconsin — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 345,489 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Wisconsin1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Arleigh has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Arleigh around the world

Where Arleigh ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2018–2023
    #5,688
    in 2023
  • Ireland
    2024–2024
    #898
    in 2024
  • Canada
    2015–2023
    #3,391
    in 2023

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Arleigh by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#6,145
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,588
Best rank ever
#3,556
2017
Peak year
2017
43 that year
First recorded
1924
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
710
Count in 2025
19

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,135
1903
Peak year
1921
23 that year
First recorded
1902
Last recorded
2023
All-time count
517
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Arleigh

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Arleigh

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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