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Raleigh

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25% girls / 75% boys

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Classic name

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Raleigh peaked in 1921, when 1 baby in 16,795 was given the name. Few fads, plenty of staying power: it appears in 146 years out of 146. Latest ranking, 2025: No. 2207.
9,279births since 1880
1920sgeneration
No. 528rank at its peak, in 1921

Where babies named Raleigh are born

1921

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The darker the blue, the more common Raleigh is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Raleigh is most common in Virginia (6.8 times), Kentucky (5.6) and North Carolina (5.6), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

Names from the same era

Olin · Lemuel · Warner · Odis · Milford · Herschel

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Girls and boys, decade by decade

DecadeGirlsBoys
1880s0%100%
1890s0%100%
1900s0%100%
1910s0%100%
1920s0%100%
1930s0%100%
1940s2%98%
1950s1%99%
1960s2%98%
1970s8%92%
1980s17%83%
1990s32%68%
2000s49%51%
2010s60%40%
2020s64%36%