How Many People Are Named Raleigh?
people named Raleigh are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 43,495 people in the US has this name
Based on 12,336 babies named Raleigh in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
260 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was from a place name meaning either "red clearing" or "roe deer clearing" in Old English.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Raleigh, 38.3% were girls and 61.7% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Raleigh rose from 0% in the 1880s to 64.4% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Raleigh alive today is about 30 years old, and 60% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 49 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Raleigh first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2019, to 260 babies. In 2025, 168 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Raleigh has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #357, in 1891. In 2025 it ranked #2,222. Among girls, its best rank was #1,382, in 2016.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,222 | #1,894 |
| Best rank | #357 (1891) | #1,382 (2016) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #580 in the 1920s | #1,619 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Raleigh alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Raleigh were born in Texas than in any other state: about 599 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Raleigh was given 5.1 times as often in Virginia, 4.7 times in Georgia and 4.5 times in North Carolina.
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