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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Braleigh

Braleigh was the 12128th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 2013, when it ranked 3935th with 38 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 8,126 places. More babies were named Braleigh in the 2010s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#12,128 girls, down 6,232 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
7girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
201338 babies
Total since 1880
543babies recorded

Braleigh popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#12,1287
2020#5,89620
2010#4,20835
2000#13,4006
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How popular is Braleigh, counting every spelling?

Braleigh has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Braleigh?

7 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Braleigh (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Braleigh born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,224 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Braleigh.

Chance of another Braleigh in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Braleigh?

About 500 people born in the US named Braleigh are alive today, with a median age of 12; half are between 8 and 16. That makes Braleigh a young name: most people with it are children.

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Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Braleigh: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Braleigh, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Braleigh

How popular is the name Braleigh?

Braleigh was the 12128th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 2013, when it ranked 3935th with 38 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 8,126 places. More babies were named Braleigh in the 2010s than in any other decade.

Is Braleigh a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Braleigh in the US.