Adaleigh
Feminine · “noble”
Adaleigh joins Ada to a -leigh ending, and the Germanic adal behind Ada means noble.
How old is the name Adaleigh?
Adaleigh first appears in US birth records in 2003 — 22 years ago. The typical Adaleigh is a kid of about 8 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,800 people named Adaleigh are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Adaleigh most popular?
Adaleigh peaked in 2020, reaching #1503 nationally. Today it ranks #2298, 795 places below that high. See the whole 2020 chart.
Where it comes from
From adal to Adaleigh
The story of Adaleigh
Adal produced an enormous family of Germanic names, and Ada is the shortest of them. Ada Lovelace wrote what is generally counted the first computer program. The -leigh ending became an American suffix in the 2000s, and Adaleigh appears in the registers in current use.
Meaning
noble; clearing
The Ada- front is from the Germanic adal, 'noble', which stands behind Adelaide, Adeline and Alice. The -leigh ending is the Old English leah, 'wood' or 'clearing'. Both elements are genuine; the compound is modern American.
How the name formed
- adal
- Ada
- Adaleigh
Related forms: Adalee · Adalie
Pronouncing Adaleigh
AD-uh-lee
Three syllables, stress on the first. All the spellings of the sound are said identically.
Nicknames for Adaleigh
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 2003
- Most girls named
- 2020142 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1503reached in 2020
- Change vs 2024
- 0.0%79 in 2025, from 79
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Adaleigh in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Adalee in English — spelling variant
- Adalie in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Georgia, Tennessee.
Adaleighs among us
people named Adaleigh are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 20,345 born in 2025 was named Adaleigh
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Roshanda test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Adaleigh's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Roshanda climbed just as high around 1979, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Roshanda's path sketches the road Adaleigh is walking now.
Adaleigh sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Adaleigh is headed
Adaleigh is easing off slowly — about 19% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Adaleigh beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Adaleigh in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Ada Lovelace is a first-rate bearer of the front element.
- Ada and Leigh are two short forms, both with real records.
- Both elements have transparent settled meanings.
- The compound is modern rather than inherited.
- At least three spellings of the sound are in circulation.
- Adalyn and Adaleigh are close enough to confuse.
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Frequently asked
- How many Adaleighs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,800 people named Adaleigh are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Adaleigh in 2025?
- Adaleigh ranks #2298 among US girl names in 2025, with 79 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Adaleigh?
- About 1 in every 20,345 US girls born in 2025 was named Adaleigh — 79 in all.
- Will my child share the name Adaleigh with classmates?
- Adaleigh will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Adaleigh
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