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Raleigh

Pronounced /ˈɹɔːli/

Rank in 2024
#2,260
Born in 2024
63
Peak year
1921 · #529
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:104 in 2024 (#1,909)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 63 boys were named Raleigh, about 1 in every 27,227.
  • It peaked in 1921 with 139 babies, ranked #529.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 9,213 boys 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.

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Greatest: 2,029 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Silent: 1,719 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,565 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen X: 765 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Millennials: 834 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Z: 950 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 967 babies, 0.04 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.