Raeleigh
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- RAY-lee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #2,410 for girls
Raeleigh is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,410th for girls in the US (74 babies).
Where does Raeleigh come from?
Modern: blend of Rae and Leigh
Is Raeleigh a girl's or a boy's name?
Raeleigh is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 74 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Raeleigh in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,410th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 74 about 1 in 22,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 74 girls in the US were named Raeleigh, making it the 2,410th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,924th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 138 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
2025 had fewer girls named Raeleigh than any year since 2007.
Half of all the girls named Raeleigh in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 572 girls in the US were given Raeleigh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #528, up from #2,410 for this spelling alone.
Raeleigh in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 74 | #2,410 |
| 2024 | 82 | #2,265 |
| 2023 | 117 | #1,750 |
| 2022 | 104 | #1,918 |
| 2021 | 136 | #1,544 |
| 2020 | 99 | #1,924 |
| 2019 | 112 | #1,816 |
| 2018 | 129 | #1,640 |
| 2017 | 138 | #1,580 |
| 2016 | 131 | #1,649 |
| 2015 | 129 | #1,655 |
| 2014 | 130 | #1,643 |
| 2013 | 108 | #1,866 |
| 2012 | 104 | #1,911 |
| 2011 | 106 | #1,886 |
| 2010 | 98 | #2,028 |
| 2009 | 95 | #2,119 |
| 2008 | 78 | #2,441 |
| 2007 | 70 | #2,616 |
| 2006 | 50 | #3,263 |
| 2005 | 42 | #3,505 |
| 2004 | 40 | #3,627 |
| 2003 | 44 | #3,287 |
| 2002 | 36 | #3,650 |
| 2001 | 29 | #4,205 |
| 2000 | 23 | #4,976 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
Nicknames for Raeleigh
- Rae 133 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Raeleigh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brynlee, Teagan, Braelynn, Rylynn, Brylee, Rynlee, Rowan, Braylee, Brynn, Reagan, Briar, Keiry
Other spellings of Raeleigh
Raylee, Rayleigh, Raelee, Railey, Railee, Raylie, Raylei, Raileigh, Raeley, Raeli, Rayley
Names related to Raeleigh
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, “Raeleigh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/raeleigh, updated 20 October 2026.