Analeigh
Feminine · “grace”
Analeigh joins Ana — one of the oldest women's names in Europe — to the -leigh ending, which is six letters doing the work of two and belongs entirely to modern American naming.
How old is the name Analeigh?
Analeigh first appears in US birth records in 1994 — 31 years ago. The typical Analeigh is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,700 people named Analeigh are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Analeigh most popular?
Analeigh peaked in 2009, reaching #1241 nationally. Today it ranks #3780, 2,539 places below that high. See the whole 2009 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Analeigh
Ours, offered as ours. The -leigh spelling has an odd history. Leigh was an English surname from the word for a clearing; it became a girls' name in the twentieth century; and then the whole cluster of letters came loose and became available as an ending. Analeigh puts it behind Ana, which has been a women's name in Europe for two thousand years. Ancient front, decorative back, and a name that will be spelled aloud for a lifetime.
Meaningscholars disagree
grace
Ana is documented: the Spanish form of Hannah, from a Hebrew word for grace or favor. The -leigh ending descends from Old English leah, a woodland clearing, but works here as a suffix with no meaning of its own.
Pronouncing Analeigh
AN-uh-lee
Three syllables, first stressed. Some families say ah-nah-LEE, following Spanish.
Nicknames for Analeigh
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
- 1994
- Most girls named
- 2009199 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1241reached in 2009
- Change vs 2024
- −11.4%39 in 2025, from 44
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.
Analeigh in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Analee in English — spelling variant
- Analí in Spanish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Florida, North Carolina.
Analeighs among us
people named Analeigh are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 41,212 born in 2025 was named Analeigh
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Analeigh
- #3780
- Analeigh on the 2025 chart
- #837
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Analeigh went to 39 girls in 2025, but Annaleigh is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 123, which makes it the 837th most-given girls’ name of the year — 2,943 places above the chart.
- Annaleigh84
- Analeigh39
About 1 girl in 13,067 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 41,212 for Analeigh itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Arnita test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Analeigh's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Arnita climbed just as high around 1956, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Arnita's path sketches the road Analeigh is walking now.
Analeigh 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 Analeigh is headed
Analeigh is easing off slowly — about 15% 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.
Analeigh beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Analeigh in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Ana and Leigh are both complete names in their own right.
- Read correctly on sight by most English speakers.
- Rare in the records, so it stays distinct on a class list.
- The -leigh ending is six letters doing the work of two, and she will spell it aloud for life.
- Analeigh, Analee and Annalee are all in use and none is dominant.
- The stress is unsettled between the English and Spanish readings.
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Frequently asked
- How many Analeighs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,700 people named Analeigh are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Analeigh?
- Analeigh is one of 2 recorded spellings. Annaleigh is the more common one — 84 births in 2025 against 39 for Analeigh.
- How popular is the name Analeigh in 2025?
- Analeigh ranks #3780 among US girl names in 2025, with 39 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Analeigh?
- About 1 in every 41,212 US girls born in 2025 was named Analeigh — 39 in all.
- Will my child share the name Analeigh with classmates?
- Analeigh will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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