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Annaleigh

Feminine · “grace”

1985high 2014
#2194 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare84 girls in 2025

Annaleigh joins Anna to a -leigh ending — the Hebrew for grace and the Old English for a clearing.

How old is the name Annaleigh?

Annaleigh first appears in US birth records in 1985 — 40 years ago. The typical Annaleigh is a kid of about 10 — this name's wave is very recent. About 2,800 people named Annaleigh are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Annaleigh most popular?

Annaleigh peaked in 2014, reaching #1244 nationally. Today it ranks #2194, 950 places below that high. See the whole 2014 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Annaleigh

Channah gives Hannah, Anna, Anne and a dozen more across Europe, and leah is the commonest element in English place names. American families joined them in the 2000s, and Annaleigh appears in the registers alongside Annalee and Annaleah in current use.

Meaning

grace; clearing

A compound of Anna, from the Hebrew channah, 'grace' or 'favor', and the -leigh ending from the Old English leah, 'wood' or 'clearing'. Both elements are genuine and settled. The joining is modern American.

How the name formed

  1. channah leah
  2. Anna Leigh
  3. Annaleigh

Related forms: Annalee · Annaleah

Pronouncing Annaleigh

AN-uh-lee

Three syllables, stress on the first. All the spellings of the sound are said identically.

Nicknames for Annaleigh

Moderate

AnnaThe front of the name, and one of the most-used names in Europe
LeighThe back of the name, and a name of its own with a real record
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1985–20251959801958419852025

US babies named Annaleigh per year from 1985 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#12441980s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1985
Most girls named
2014195 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1244reached in 2014
Change vs 2024
−16.0%84 in 2025, from 100
Annaleigh sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2014, with 195 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

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.

Annaleigh in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Annalee in English — spelling variant
  • Annaleah in English — spelling variant

Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Georgia, Tennessee.

Annaleighs among us

2,800

people named Annaleigh are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 19,134 born in 2025 was named Annaleigh

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Annaleigh

#2194
Annaleigh on the 2025 chart
#837
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Annaleigh went to 84 girls in 2025, but Analeigh 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 — 1,357 places above the chart.

About 1 girl in 13,067 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 19,134 for Annaleigh 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

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Is it right for you

The Lynell test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Annaleigh's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Lynell climbed just as high around 1971, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Lynell's path sketches the road Annaleigh is walking now.

40%chance Annaleigh will feel “very 2010s” by 2040
Annaleigh, aligned on its peakLynell· peak 1971not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+30 yrsLynell · #13497Annaleigh today
Annaleigh today is about where Lynell stood in 1982 — 11 years past a #1244-sized peak. By 1997, Lynell had settled around #8615.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Annaleigh 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 Annaleigh is headed

19852030

US babies named Annaleigh per year, 1985 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Annaleigh should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady-13% by 2030projected around #2,542 in 2030

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.

Annaleigh beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Annaleigh in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Annaleighthis name84#2194Asia84#2194Zaila84#2194Addalyn84#2194Caylee84#2194

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • Both elements are genuine with settled meanings.
  • Anna and Leigh are two short forms, both with real records.
  • Three syllables with a front stress, which holds up against a short surname.
What to consider
  • At least four spellings of the sound are in circulation.
  • The compound is modern rather than inherited.
  • Analeah and Annaleigh are said identically and spelled differently.

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Frequently asked

How many Annaleighs are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,800 people named Annaleigh are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Annaleigh?
Annaleigh is the most-used spelling in US records — 84 of the 123 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Analeigh.
How popular is the name Annaleigh in 2025?
Annaleigh ranks #2194 among US girl names in 2025, with 84 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Annaleigh?
About 1 in every 19,134 US girls born in 2025 was named Annaleigh — 84 in all.
Will my child share the name Annaleigh with classmates?
Annaleigh will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Annaleigh

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Asia#2194 · Zaila#2194 · Addalyn#2194 · Caylee#2194 · Olympia#2194 · Janna#2194 · Aqsa#2194 · Samiya#2194

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