Raeleigh Girl
How popular is Raeleigh?
#2,410 girl name in 2025
74 baby girls were named Raeleigh in the US in 2025, making it the 2410th most popular girl name.
Raeleigh popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,410 for girls (▼ 145 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 74 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-43% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,655 in 2015, #1,924 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2017 (138 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,544 in 2021 |
| First recorded | 1994 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Raeleigh counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Raeleigh family of names ranked #1,188 for girls in 2025 (#1,130 the year before), with 153 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Raeleigh | 74 | 48% |
| Raelee | 59 | 39% |
| Raeley | 8 | 5% |
| Raeli | 6 | 4% |
| Raely | 6 | 4% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Raeleigh is most popular
Babies named Raeleigh per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 0.2 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Alabama: 0.2 per 1,000 (19 girls)
- Louisiana: 0.2 per 1,000 (16 girls)
- Tennessee: 0.2 per 1,000 (28 girls)
- Kentucky: 0.2 per 1,000 (13 girls)
Raeleigh by decade
Girl names about as popular as Raeleigh
Questions
- Is Raeleigh a boy or girl name?
- Raeleigh is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Raeleigh were girls.
- How popular is the name Raeleigh?
- 74 baby girls were named Raeleigh in the US in 2025, making it the 2410th most popular girl name.
- When was Raeleigh most popular?
- Raeleigh peaked in 2017, when 138 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,544 in 2021.
- How many people are named Raeleigh?
- 2,371 babies have been named Raeleigh in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,357 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Raeleigh most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Raeleigh was most common in Mississippi, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.