Raleigh

girls:

2.8k births since 1923

#3253 (43rd percentile)

boys:

9.1k births since 1880

#1234 (73rd percentile)

overall:

12k births since 1880

#2403 (69th percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Raleigh".

1880 2023 18802023

Key Statistics

Total Births
2,846
Peak Births
170
Peak Year
2016
First Recorded
1923
Peak Percentile
17.3%
Current Percentile
12.8%
Peak Rank
#610
Current Rank
#826
Female statistics
Total Births
9,149
Peak Births
139
Peak Year
1921
First Recorded
1880
Peak Percentile
23.9%
Current Percentile
7.0%
Peak Rank
#180
Current Rank
#847
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Raleigh

Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Raleigh. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 50.0% confident that Raleigh is pronounced as RAH-lee. The next most likely pronunciation is RAW-lee, at 34.1% confidence.

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RAH-lee (2 syllables)
50.0% confidence
R AA1 L IY0
RAW-lee (2 syllables)
Verified
34.1% confidence
R AO1 L IY0
REH-lee (2 syllables)
6.8% confidence
R EH1 L IY0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Raleigh. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Raleigh, please vote using the thumbs up button.

ROH-lee (2 syllables)
6 names 4.1k births
R OW1 L IY0

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like R AA1 L IY0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.