Jaleigha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- jah-LEE-ah
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Jaleigha is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
Where does Jaleigha come from?
Modern: blend of the Ja- prefix with Leigha
Is Jaleigha a girl's or a boy's name?
Jaleigha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jaleigha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Jaleigha, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 32 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
2025 had fewer girls named Jaleigha than any year since 2003.
Half of all the girls named Jaleigha in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jaleigha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 27 | #4,870 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 25 | #5,161 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 24 | #5,456 |
| 2014 | 23 | #5,623 |
| 2013 | 28 | #4,885 |
| 2012 | 32 | #4,484 |
| 2011 | 28 | #4,913 |
| 2010 | 29 | #4,859 |
| 2009 | 31 | #4,676 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
Names like Jaleigha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amoura Lyanna Jayla Briella Daleyza Jaliyah Kaliyah Brynlee Zayla Sienna Avianna Zariah
Names related to Jaleigha
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Jaleigha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jaleigha, updated 20 October 2026.