first name
RALEIGH
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 6,497 people named Raleigh, 70.8% reported their origin as White, 17.9% as Black and 4.7% as two or more races. 67.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Raleigh peaked in 2019, when 260 babies got the name.
At least 12,336 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Raleigh by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #938. The largest share of babies named Raleigh, 22.7%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Raleigh is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Raleigh has been most common in Virginia (5.3×), Georgia (4.9×), and North Carolina (4.8×), and least common in New York (0.15×).
5,143 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Exactly as common as Raleigh
2 other first names also have 6,497 people.
Either side of Raleigh
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Raleigh, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Raleigh ranks #8,383 of 156,621, with 3,782 people. See Raleigh as a last name
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