Arleigh
Recorded 1902–2025 · United States
Arleigh was most popular in 2017, when 43 American babies were given the name — ranking #6,155 that year. In 2025 it ranked #10,631, with 19 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,227 people named Arleigh.
Arleigh over time
How old is the name Arleigh?
Arleigh first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1902, which makes it about 123 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 82 of the 124 years since.
How many people are named Arleigh?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,227 American births named Arleigh between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 828 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Arleigh in 2025?
19 American babies were named Arleigh in 2025, ranking #10,631 that year.
Is Arleigh getting more or less popular?
Arleigh is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 32 births a year, against 28 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +16% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Arleigh a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Arleigh is a unisex name — 57.9% of the 1,227 Americans given it were girls and 42.1% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 94% girls and 6% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Arleigh?
Roughly 828 Americans named Arleigh are alive today — 68% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 13 years old, and half are between 7 and 23.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org