Raleigh
- Gender
- Unisex
- US rank, 2025
- #1,880 for girls
Unisex
Raleigh is a name, meaning “roe deer”. In 2025 it ranked 1,880th for girls in the US (104 babies).
What does Raleigh mean?
“roe deer”
A male given name, transferred from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Raleigh a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Raleigh has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 104 girls and 64 boys in the US.
How popular is Raleigh in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,880among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 104about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 104 girls in the US were named Raleigh, making it the 1,880th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,459th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 170 girls. It first appears in the records in 1923. 64 boys were also named Raleigh in 2025 (2,207th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Raleigh in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1923, 4% of the babies named Raleigh in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 62%, with more girls than boys since 2007.
Raleigh in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 104 | #1,880 |
| 2024 | 104 | #1,913 |
| 2023 | 126 | #1,645 |
| 2022 | 119 | #1,742 |
| 2021 | 136 | #1,544 |
| 2020 | 147 | #1,459 |
| 2019 | 161 | #1,392 |
| 2018 | 149 | #1,474 |
| 2017 | 157 | #1,441 |
| 2016 | 170 | #1,380 |
| 2015 | 156 | #1,470 |
| 2014 | 122 | #1,714 |
| 2013 | 119 | #1,737 |
| 2012 | 108 | #1,859 |
| 2011 | 99 | #1,982 |
| 2010 | 105 | #1,913 |
| 2009 | 94 | #2,139 |
| 2008 | 86 | #2,267 |
| 2007 | 92 | #2,163 |
| 2006 | 47 | #3,413 |
| 2005 | 48 | #3,208 |
| 2004 | 47 | #3,220 |
| 2003 | 39 | #3,586 |
| 2002 | 28 | #4,377 |
| 2001 | 25 | #4,683 |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,522 |
| 1999 | 29 | #3,966 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,579 |
| 1997 | 31 | #3,623 |
| 1996 | 23 | #4,448 |
| 1995 | 31 | #3,487 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,011 |
| 1993 | 28 | #3,771 |
| 1992 | 30 | #3,575 |
| 1991 | 23 | #4,323 |
| 1990 | 24 | #4,115 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,043 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,280 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,562 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,052 |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,800 |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
Names like Raleigh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan Rowan Raelynn Reagan Brynlee Brooklyn Riley Brynn Briar Kinley Braelynn Eden
Names related to Raleigh
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, “Raleigh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/raleigh, updated 20 October 2026.