Arleigh
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AR-lee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Arleigh is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
What does Arleigh mean?
English: spelling of Arley, an English place name and surname
Admiral Arleigh Burke, US Chief of Naval Operations, gave his name to the Arleigh Burke class of destroyers.
Is Arleigh a girl's or a boy's name?
Arleigh is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arleigh in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2022, with 4 girls.
Arleigh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
How popular is Arleigh in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,115among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Arleigh, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,546th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 43 girls. It first appears in the records in 1924.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Arleigh than any year since 2007.
Half of all the girls named Arleigh in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 177 girls in the US were given Arleigh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,145, up from #6,115 for this spelling alone.
In 2023, 84% of the babies named Arleigh in the US were girls.
Arleigh in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 27 | #4,890 |
| 2023 | 31 | #4,451 |
| 2022 | 35 | #4,106 |
| 2021 | 34 | #4,163 |
| 2020 | 29 | #4,546 |
| 2019 | 36 | #4,005 |
| 2018 | 28 | #4,766 |
| 2017 | 43 | #3,551 |
| 2016 | 39 | #3,849 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 31 | #4,542 |
| 2013 | 29 | #4,753 |
| 2012 | 32 | #4,484 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,205 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,412 |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,377 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
Names like Arleigh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Autumn Amber Lily Ivy Daisy Hallie Willow Ruby Evie Harper Ashley Olive
Other spellings of Arleigh
More English names
Evelyn Hudson Grace Violet Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Hazel Carter Harrison River Ellie Frankie Grayson
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Arleigh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arleigh, updated 20 October 2026.