Raleigh Boy & girl
How popular is Raleigh?
#1,880 girl name in 2025
104 baby girls were named Raleigh in the US in 2025, making it the 1880th most popular girl name. Another 64 boys got the name (#2,207 for boys).
Raleigh popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,880 for girls (▲ 33 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 104 girls, 64 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-33% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,470 in 2015, #1,459 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2016 (170 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,380 in 2016 |
| First recorded | 1923 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 36% boys, 64% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Raleigh counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Raylee family of names ranked #548 for girls in 2025 (#570 the year before), with 525 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Raylee | 199 | 38% |
| Rayleigh | 149 | 28% |
| Raleigh | 104 | 20% |
| Railey | 17 | 3% |
| Raylie | 11 | 2% |
| Railee | 15 | 3% |
| Raileigh | 8 | 2% |
| Rayley | 6 | 1% |
| Raley | 5 | 1% |
| Rayli | 5 | 1% |
| Raily | 6 | 1% |
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 Raleigh is most popular
Babies named Raleigh per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Louisiana: 0.4 per 1,000 (35 girls)
- Georgia: 0.2 per 1,000 (51 girls)
- South Carolina: 0.2 per 1,000 (19 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.2 per 1,000 (39 girls)
- Tennessee: 0.2 per 1,000 (25 girls)
Raleigh by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #4,966 |
| 1940s | 23 | #3,800 |
| 1950s | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1960s | 10 | #6,577 |
| 1970s | 40 | #5,562 |
| 1980s | 101 | #4,280 |
| 1990s | 256 | #3,487 |
| 2000s | 532 | #2,139 |
| 2010s | 1,346 | #1,380 |
| 2020s | 736 | #1,459 |
Girl names about as popular as Raleigh
Questions
- Is Raleigh a boy or girl name?
- Raleigh is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 36% of babies named Raleigh were boys and 64% were girls.
- How popular is the name Raleigh?
- 104 baby girls were named Raleigh in the US in 2025, making it the 1880th most popular girl name. Another 64 boys got the name (#2,207 for boys).
- When was Raleigh most popular?
- Raleigh peaked in 2016, when 170 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,380 in 2016.
- How many people are named Raleigh?
- 12,336 babies have been named Raleigh in the US since 1880. We estimate about 7,946 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 21.
- Where is Raleigh most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Raleigh was most common in Louisiana, at 0.4 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.