Aleigha
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- To Ascend.
- Origin
- Hebrew
Aleigha Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 4,810 baby girls have been named Aleigha. The name peaked in 2012 with 316 US births that year (rank #843). In 2024, ranked #2596 nationally — 1,753 places below its 2012 peak.
Top States for Aleigha
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Aleigha births are: Texas (313), Ohio (305), Tennessee (201).
Other Hebrew-Origin Names Like Aleigha
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7-Letter Names Starting with A
Names with Aleigha's exact length and starting letter: Aaleyah, Aalijah, Aaliyah, Aaralyn, Aarushi.
Quick Facts About Aleigha
US Popularity History (2010–2013)
Annual US births named Aleigha by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2012 with 316 girls named Aleigha (girl rank #843 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2013, ranked #877 for girls (294 US births). That's 34 places below its 2012 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Aleigha against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).