Adaleigh
A modern invented name derived from the Germanic name Adele meaning "noble".
Name Census estimates that about 1,699 living Americans carry the first name Adaleigh. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Adaleigh today is around 9 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Adaleigh births was 2020 (142 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Adaleigh. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Adaleigh with official rankings and popularity over time.
Key insights
- • Adaleigh is a relatively new arrival in the SSA data. The average bearer is just 9 years old, meaning it gained most of its traction in the last two decades.
People living today
1.7K
~ 1 in 201,739 Americans
Peak year
2020
142 babies that year
Average age
9
years old
2024 SSA rank
#2,319
Tracked since 2003
Census
Adaleigh in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 1,052 people with the first name Adaleigh, which placed it at #11,993 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#11,993
National first-name rank
People counted
1.1K
1,052 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.3
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
81.3% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Adaleigh
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Adaleigh is White at 81.3%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (9.4%) and Two or More Races (6.6%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Adaleigh described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Adaleigh at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White81.3% · 855
- Hispanic or Latino9.4% · 99
- Two or more races6.6% · 69
- Black or African American1.2% · 13
- Asian and Pacific Islander0.8% · 8
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.8% · 8
Popularity
Adaleigh: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Adaleigh from the 2000s through to the 2020s, spanning 3 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 1,088 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Adaleigh remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Adaleigh by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Adaleigh during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Adaleighs live
The SSA's state-level files cover 23 states and territories. Texas, Georgia, North Carolina recorded the most babies named Adaleigh, while Michigan, Kansas, Illinois recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 36 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Adaleigh
The name Adaleigh is a variant spelling of the English name Adalia, which is derived from the Germanic name Adalheidis. This name is composed of the elements "adal," meaning noble, and "heidis," meaning kind or sort. The name Adalheidis dates back to the 8th century and was initially popular among the nobility of Germanic regions.
In the Middle Ages, the name Adalheidis was commonly spelled as Adelaide or Adelheid. Several notable figures bore this name, including Adelaide of Burgundy (931-987), the Queen of Italy and Holy Roman Empress. Another was Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (1792-1849), a German princess and the last Queen of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves.
The variant spelling Adaleigh emerged in the late 20th century as a creative combination of the traditional Adelaide and the popular suffix "-leigh." This spelling is primarily used in English-speaking countries, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom.
One of the earliest recorded individuals with the name Adaleigh was Adaleigh Amelia Polley, born in 1868 in Somerset, England. Another notable bearer of the name was Adaleigh Marie Barker (1891-1968), an American actress and singer active in the early 20th century.
Other historical figures with the name Adaleigh include Adaleigh Rowena Fairchild (1902-1985), an American artist and illustrator known for her children's book illustrations, and Adaleigh Constance Jeffries (1920-2003), a British novelist and playwright.
Adaleigh Sophia Remington (1925-2011), an American philanthropist and socialite, was also a prominent bearer of the name in the 20th century.
People
Adaleigh + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Adaleigh as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with A
Other first names starting with A with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Adaleigh: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Adaleigh?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 1,699 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Adaleigh going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 201,739 US residents.
Is Adaleigh a common name?
We classify Adaleigh as "Rare". It ranks above 93% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 1,711 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Adaleigh most popular?
The single biggest year for Adaleigh was 2020, when 142 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Adaleigh is about 9 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Adaleigh in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 1,052 people with the name Adaleigh, or 0.35 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #11,993 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Adaleigh in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Adaleigh?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Adaleigh appears almost entirely female. Of the 1,047 people counted with this name, 99.8% were female and only a very small share were male. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Adaleigh?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Adaleigh is White at 81.3%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (9.4%) and Two or More Races (6.6%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Adaleigh most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Adaleigh in the 2020 Census, accounting for 81.3% (855 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Adaleigh in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Adaleigh a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Adaleigh in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Adaleigh still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Adaleigh in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Adaleigh can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people have Adaleigh as a first name?
Find out how many people share the name Adaleigh on our sister site HowManyOfMe.org — a quick modern estimate with the living-bearer count front and centre.