girls:
664 births since 1924
#5052 (12th percentile)
boys:
517 births since 1902
#4069 (11th percentile)
overall:
1.2k births since 1902
#6559 (15th percentile)
The name Arleigh is the #6,559 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,181 recorded births since 1902. This represents the 15.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 15.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,052 (11.6% percentile) for all time with 664 births since 1924. For boys, it ranks #4,069 (11.2% percentile) for all time with 517 births since 1902.
Arleigh first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1902 (1902 for boys and 1924 for girls). Birth data for Arleigh is available in 80 out of the 122 years between 1902 and 2023 (54 years for boys and 33 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Arleigh has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (56.2% of all recorded births). In 2023, 83.8% of babies named Arleigh were girls. Interestingly, until around 1984, the name was more popular for boys (98.0% boys from 1902 to 1983), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (95.5% girls from 1984 to 2023).
For girls, Arleigh reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 4.0% percentile (ranked #911) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 23 births per million (ranked 4.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Arleigh ranks #921 for girls (2.7% percentile) with 18 births per million, which is 77.9% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Arleigh reached its peak popularity in 1921, achieving the 3.3% percentile (ranked #532) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 1903, with 39 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Arleigh ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 8.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Arleigh".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Arleigh. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 84.2% confident that Arleigh is pronounced as AHR-lee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AHR-lay, at 15.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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