Elleigh
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EL-ee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #3,831 for girls
Elleigh is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,831st for girls in the US (38 babies).
Where does Elleigh come from?
Modern: modern respelling of Ellie with the -leigh ending
Is Elleigh a girl's or a boy's name?
Elleigh is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 38 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elleigh in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 7 girls.
Elleigh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Elleigh in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,831among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 38about 1 in 42,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 38 girls in the US were named Elleigh, making it the 3,831st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,399th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 45 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the girls named Elleigh in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 6,476 girls in the US were given Elleigh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #29, up from #3,831 for this spelling alone.
Elleigh in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #3,831 |
| 2024 | 30 | #4,558 |
| 2023 | 32 | #4,361 |
| 2022 | 39 | #3,825 |
| 2021 | 31 | #4,409 |
| 2020 | 45 | #3,399 |
| 2019 | 32 | #4,342 |
| 2018 | 32 | #4,356 |
| 2017 | 33 | #4,303 |
| 2016 | 33 | #4,344 |
| 2015 | 36 | #4,068 |
| 2014 | 38 | #3,923 |
| 2013 | 35 | #4,154 |
| 2012 | 41 | #3,781 |
| 2011 | 30 | #4,680 |
| 2010 | 29 | #4,859 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,889 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
Names like Elleigh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eilidh Ellie Eden Fiadh Kayleigh Orla Indie Myla Freya Isla Elodie Lyra
Other spellings of Elleigh
Names related to Elleigh
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Kayden Nevaeh Jax Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn Ailani
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, “Elleigh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elleigh, updated 20 October 2026.