Arleigh

#6,116 for girls in 2025, 19 births · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #10,821
Given to girls 57.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2017 · 43 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
710
since 1924

Arleigh over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201924peak #3,552, 2017peak #1,130, 1903girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#6,11619
2024#4,89327
2023#4,45431#10,8216
2022#4,10835#8,9908
2021#4,16734
2020#4,54829
2019#4,00636
2018#4,76828#9,6707
2017#3,55243
2016#3,84939
2015#6,23620
2014#4,54431
2013#4,75529
2012#4,48632
2011#5,20726
2010#5,41425
2009#5,37826
2008#5,75024#12,5535
2007#6,81219
2006#7,48216
2005#7,50015
2004#9,89210
2003#6,57617
2002#6,69816
2001#8,75811
2000#11,8017
1999#7,23913
1998#7,10413
1997#13,7245
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1993#10,5887
1992
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1987#11,3255
1986
1985#10,6775
1984#8,1537#6,3155
1983
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1964#4,0395
1963
1962#3,0418
1961#3,0978
1960#3,0778
1959#3,9885
1958#3,9445
1957
1956#2,26313
1955#3,2017
1954
1953
1952#3,7345
1951#3,3646
1950
1949#2,33711
1948
1947#3,0967
1946#2,9197
1945#2,7437
1944#2,30910
1943#2,40510
1942#3,2126
1941#3,1336
1940#3,1306
1939#2,05012
1938#1,97613
1937#2,19711
1936#2,4529
1935#2,12712
1934#2,39310
1933#1,90514
1932#2,31311
1931#2,00314
1930#2,7819
1929#3,2477
1928#4,7255#2,38712
1927#2,52311
1926#1,60522
1925#2,43512
1924#5,0615#3,0239
1923#2,33113
1922#2,04016
1921#1,58823
1920#2,33613
1919#2,38512
1918#2,26013
1917#2,28012
1916#2,54310
1915#1,78216
1914#2,10110
1913#2,8215
1912#2,5445
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1903#1,1305
1902#1,1375
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First appearance
1924

The first year at least five girls were named Arleigh! It came in at #5,061, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1924–1983, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Arleigh
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 1,223 spots since 2024 (#4,893#6,116)
  • 1,568 spots since 2020 (#4,548#6,116)
  • 120 spots since 2015 (#6,236#6,116)
Rise & fade · girls
93 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1924
  • Peaked 2017 at #3,552 (43 births)
  • Births halved by 2025, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 40,150
  • Highest: 1 in 40,150 girls born in 2017 were named Arleigh (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 84,593 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 43.5% of all girls named Arleigh (309) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1984
  • Mostly boys until 1983, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s10#4,725 (1928)#4,893
1930s0
1940s0
1950s0
1960s0
1970s0
1980s17#8,153 (1984)#10,052
1990s38#7,104 (1998)#9,664
2000s161#5,378 (2009)#7,665
2010s309#3,552 (2017)#4,682
2020s175#4,108 (2022)#4,714

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Arleigh in 1924

girls
#5,061
5 births · 1 in 249,774 girls
boys
#3,023
9 births · 1 in 125,860 boys

Top girls' names in 1924

  1. #1Mary73,534
  2. #2Dorothy39,996
  3. #3Helen31,194
  4. #4Betty30,600
  5. #5Margaret26,547
  6. #6Ruth23,601
  7. #7Virginia18,620
  8. #8Mildred15,853
  9. #9Doris15,786
  10. #10Frances15,183
  11. #5,061Arleigh5

Top boys' names in 1924

  1. #1Robert60,802
  2. #2John59,052
  3. #3William53,506
  4. #4James52,942
  5. #5Charles30,460
  6. #6George27,373
  7. #7Joseph25,421
  8. #8Richard21,244
  9. #9Edward21,126
  10. #10Donald17,929
  11. #3,023Arleigh9
More about 1924

girls

1,248,872 girls got a published name in 1924; 1 in 249,774 of them was named Arleigh, which outranked 14.2% of the 5,900 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arleigh
  1. #4,434Zoa6
  2. #4,434Zonia6
  3. #4,434Zorka6
  4. #5,061Arleigh5
  5. #5,061Adalaide5
  6. #5,061Adalee5
  7. #5,061Adalyne5

Tied with 839 names at #5,061; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1923
Risers
  1. 459Bettylou#1,327#868
  2. 374Doloris#1,350#976
  3. 332Gaynell#1,283#951
  4. 313Toby#1,305#992
  5. 262Letty#1,213#951
Fallers
  1. 388Izola#966#1,354
  2. 305Fumiko#953#1,258
  3. 303Clemmie#941#1,244
  4. 276Cruz#793#1,069
  5. 271Eris#457#728

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,132,742 boys got a published name in 1924; 1 in 125,860 of them was named Arleigh, which outranked 39.2% of the 4,970 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arleigh
  1. #2,822Woodford10
  2. #2,822Yoshiyuki10
  3. #2,822Zygmunt10
  4. #3,023Arleigh9
  5. #3,023Adalberto9
  6. #3,023Adolpho9
  7. #3,023Alvey9
  8. #3,260Achilles8
  9. #3,260Adger8
  10. #3,260Admiral8

Tied with 236 names at #3,023; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1923
Risers
  1. 436Faustino#1,420#984
  2. 338Conway#1,275#937
  3. 310Coolidge#1,041#731
  4. 291Chas#1,235#944
  5. 287Leopoldo#1,194#907
Fallers
  1. 466Cliff#992#1,458
  2. 403Harding#860#1,263
  3. 367Dempsey#750#1,117
  4. 363Price#924#1,287
  5. 350Terrence#873#1,223

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1924