Raleigh

#1,880 for girls in 2025, 104 births · #2,207 for boys in 2025, 64 births
Given to boys 75.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
#349
1891 · 24 births
Debut · boys
1880
14 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
9,279
since 1880

Raleigh over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202016peak #1,380, 2016peak #349, 1891girlsboys
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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#1,880104#2,20764
2024#1,913104#2,26163
2023#1,645126#2,09770
2022#1,742119#2,21765
2021#1,544136#2,22563
2020#1,459147#1,81582
2019#1,392161#1,64299
2018#1,474149#1,68793
2017#1,441157#1,86179
2016#1,380170#1,73989
2015#1,470156#1,87078
2014#1,714122#1,447113
2013#1,737119#1,87875
2012#1,859108#1,81881
2011#1,98299#1,68788
2010#1,913105#1,76884
2009#2,13994#2,52850
2008#2,26786#2,10465
2007#2,16392#2,25758
2006#3,41447#2,34853
2005#3,21248#2,08159
2004#3,22447#2,02459
2003#3,59039#2,03156
2002#4,38128#1,79264
2001#4,68825#2,86432
2000#4,52726#2,08748
1999#3,97029#2,02347
1998#5,58318#2,01247
1997#3,62631#1,67259
1996#4,45323#1,78551
1995#3,49231#1,80148
1994#5,01619#1,58158
1993#3,77628#1,68052
1992#3,58130#1,35270
1991#4,32923#1,50258
1990#4,12024#1,68548
1989#5,04917#1,61549
1988#5,32115#1,46752
1987#4,28319#1,16168
1986#6,15611#1,51144
1985#6,9559#1,33352
1984#6,8109#1,21457
1983#5,82411#1,37546
1982#6,37110#1,34249
1981—#1,76632
1980—#1,35748
1979—#1,42143
1978#5,56311#1,48739
1977#9,6525#1,40742
1976#8,1566#1,28647
1975—#1,34542
1974—#1,50134
1973#7,4356#1,43535
1972—#1,17748
1971#6,6197#1,10155
1970#7,9955#1,06359
1969#7,4715#1,05054
1968—#99655
1967—#1,13243
1966—#1,01651
1965—#87370
1964—#1,05951
1963—#1,08150
1962#6,5785#89173
1961—#91071
1960—#1,02156
1959#4,6258#87576
1958—#78591
1957—#87375
1956—#82282
1955—#81880
1954—#77884
1953—#76287
1952—#70998
1951—#72691
1950—#70196
1949—#70794
1948—#673100
1947#5,2955#658110
1946#4,9605#642100
1945—#597104
1944#4,0546#614100
1943#3,8017#607108
1942—#543127
1941—#62893
1940—#64387
1939—#59495
1938—#62890
1937—#64884
1936—#66978
1935—#59395
1934—#571107
1933—#577100
1932—#68680
1931—#59697
1930—#64590
1929—#64491
1928—#64793
1927—#551125
1926—#622101
1925—#636100
1924—#538138
1923#4,9675#594113
1922—#551131
1921—#528139
1920—#526134
1919—#61697
1918—#561116
1917—#541116
1916—#565102
1915—#497124
1914—#49398
1913—#51370
1912—#47468
1911—#51433
1910—#62122
1909—#46230
1908—#58519
1907—#46425
1906—#61315
1905—#37031
1904—#48220
1903—#50518
1902—#40425
1901—#43319
1900—#40231
1899—#52114
1898—#50517
1897—#40422
1896—#50017
1895—#50116
1894—#43919
1893—#43518
1892—#42220
1891—#34924
1890—#42418
1889—#38821
1888—#64810
1887—#43815
1886—#35723
1885—#38022
1884—#39920
1883—#43317
1882—#46915
1881—#53311
1880—#48214
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Raleigh was already there! It came in at #482, and was given to 14 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1887–1888, when fewer than 16 boys a year got the name.

See more about Raleigh
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 54 spots since 2024 (#2,261 → #2,207)
  • 392 spots since 2020 (#1,815 → #2,207)
  • 337 spots since 2015 (#1,870 → #2,207)
  • Biggest jump: 260 spots in 1889 (#648 → #388)
  • Biggest drop: 243 spots in 1906 (#370 → #613)
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1891 at #349 (24 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 84 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 84 yrs · run 1880–1959
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,216
  • Highest: 1 in 4,216 boys born in 1891 were named Raleigh (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 26,689 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 12.6% of all boys named Raleigh (1,165) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2007
  • Mostly boys until 2006, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s168#357 (1886)#453
1890s185#349 (1891)#450
1900s233#370 (1905)#472
1910s846#474 (1912)#540
1920s1,165#526 (1920)#584
1930s916#571 (1934)#621
1940s1,023#543 (1942)#631
1950s860#701 (1950)#785
1960s574#873 (1965)#1,003
1970s444#1,063 (1970)#1,322
1980s497#1,161 (1987)#1,414
1990s538#1,352 (1992)#1,709
2000s544#1,792 (2002)#2,212
2010s879#1,447 (2014)#1,740
2020s407#1,815 (2020)#2,137

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

Raleigh in 2016

girls
#1,380
170 births · 1 in 10,424 girls
boys
#1,739
89 births · 1 in 21,323 boys

Top girls' names in 2016

  1. #1Emma19,550
  2. #2Olivia19,414
  3. #3Ava16,354
  4. #4Sophia16,185
  5. #5Isabella14,863
  6. #6Mia14,464
  7. #7Charlotte13,118
  8. #8Abigail11,796
  9. #9Emily11,006
  10. #10Amelia10,809
  11. #1,380Raleigh170

Top boys' names in 2016

  1. #1Noah19,188
  2. #2Liam18,277
  3. #3William15,810
  4. #4Mason15,287
  5. #5James14,920
  6. #6Benjamin14,686
  7. #7Jacob14,559
  8. #8Michael14,145
  9. #9Elijah13,982
  10. #10Ethan13,855
  11. #1,739Raleigh89
More about 2016

girls

1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 10,424 of them was named Raleigh, which outranked 92.7% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Raleigh
  1. #1,371Laken171
  2. #1,371Shay171
  3. #1,371Silvia171
  4. #1,380Raleigh170
  5. #1,380Gretchen170
  6. #1,380Miyah170
  7. #1,380Tia170
  8. #1,384Jacey169
  9. #1,384Prisha169
  10. #1,386Ayah168

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2015
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,389Kehlani#3,254 → #865
  2. ↑ 612Royalty#1,146 → #534
  3. ↑ 481Saoirse#1,448 → #967
  4. ↑ 396Ophelia#978 → #582
  5. ↑ 364Aitana#915 → #551
Fallers
  1. ↓ 542Caitlin#610 → #1,152
  2. ↓ 451Caitlyn#598 → #1,049
  3. ↓ 397Katelynn#652 → #1,049
  4. ↓ 382Kaitlynn#989 → #1,371
  5. ↓ 340Neriah#946 → #1,286

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

boys

1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 21,323 of them was named Raleigh, which outranked 87.8% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Raleigh
  1. #1,724Talan90
  2. #1,724Thor90
  3. #1,724Wendell90
  4. #1,739Raleigh89
  5. #1,739Abdulaziz89
  6. #1,739Ashtyn89
  7. #1,739Ayansh89
  8. #1,754Ajay88
  9. #1,754Avian88
  10. #1,754Denis88

Tied with 14 names at #1,739; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2015
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,327Kylo#3,231 → #904
  2. ↑ 355Creed#1,340 → #985
  3. ↑ 349Benicio#1,327 → #978
  4. ↑ 303Adonis#698 → #395
  5. ↑ 291Fox#1,035 → #744
Fallers
  1. ↓ 477Jonael#922 → #1,399
  2. ↓ 238Aaden#784 → #1,022
  3. ↓ 233Triston#950 → #1,183
  4. ↓ 223Freddy#993 → #1,216
  5. ↓ 207Chace#934 → #1,141

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

See the top 100 for 2016 →