Baleigh
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BAY-lee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Baleigh is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Baleigh mean?
Modern: modern spelling in the style of Kaleigh
A modern spelling in the style of Kaleigh and Raleigh, said like Bailey.
Is Baleigh a girl's or a boy's name?
Baleigh is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Baleigh in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Baleigh, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,914th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 98 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Baleigh than any year since 1989.
Half of all the girls named Baleigh in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,144 girls in the US were given Baleigh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #166, up from #8,360 for this spelling alone.
Baleigh in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,394 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,914 |
| 2019 | 31 | #4,436 |
| 2018 | 45 | #3,437 |
| 2017 | 57 | #2,903 |
| 2016 | 50 | #3,229 |
| 2015 | 42 | #3,649 |
| 2014 | 58 | #2,920 |
| 2013 | 61 | #2,803 |
| 2012 | 47 | #3,418 |
| 2011 | 54 | #3,091 |
| 2010 | 74 | #2,493 |
| 2009 | 72 | #2,567 |
| 2008 | 67 | #2,718 |
| 2007 | 77 | #2,433 |
| 2006 | 61 | #2,850 |
| 2005 | 70 | #2,478 |
| 2004 | 60 | #2,707 |
| 2003 | 68 | #2,410 |
| 2002 | 86 | #2,015 |
| 2001 | 93 | #1,868 |
| 2000 | 84 | #1,981 |
| 1999 | 98 | #1,676 |
| 1998 | 94 | #1,688 |
| 1997 | 75 | #1,924 |
| 1996 | 57 | #2,311 |
| 1995 | 67 | #2,023 |
| 1994 | 33 | #3,367 |
| 1993 | 34 | #3,285 |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,842 |
| 1991 | 21 | #4,644 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
Names like Baleigh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brynlee Teagan Brylee Brooklyn Braelynn Brynn Cassidy Braylee Kaylee Raelynn Reagan Kennedy
Other spellings of Baleigh
Bailey Baylee Bailee Bayleigh Baileigh Bayley Baylie Bailie Baily Baeleigh Baylei
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from 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, “Baleigh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/baleigh, updated 20 October 2026.