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Raleigh
Pronounced /ˈɹɔːli/
Rank in 2024
#1,909
Born in 2024
104
Peak year
2016 · #1381
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:63 in 2024 (#2,260)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 104 girls were named Raleigh, about 1 in every 15,511.
- It peaked in 2016 with 170 babies, ranked #1381.
- It first shows up in the records in 1923.
- 2,952 girls have been named Raleigh since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Raleigh per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 5 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 13 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 23 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 45 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 279 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 922 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,665 babies, 0.08 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Old English rā, rāha (“roe deer”) + lēah (“woodland, clearing”). Equivalent to roe + -ley (“lea”).
- A male given name, transferred from the surname.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈɹɔːli/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Raleigh, CC BY-SA 4.0.