Most popular "eigh" girl names in the US, 2018-2022

My wife and I just had a girl, and in the process of trying to come up with a name I downloaded baby name data from the Social Security Administration to assess the popularity and trendiness of names in the US. This data is endlessly fascinating (and terrifying), so I've been playing around with it a lot ever since.

One thing I thought I'd share here: the top 20 girl names containing "eigh" over the past 5 years (2018-2022). For each name I've included the 5-year total birth count, the first year that it appears in the SSA's data (requires at least 5 births in a year), and the first year that it surpassed 100 births.

Name | 5 Yr Total | First Yr | Passed 100 :-- | --: | --: | --: **Everleigh** | 12,366 | 2008 | 2010 **Ryleigh** | 8,981 | 1986 | 1997 **Leighton** | 3,899 | 1956 | 2008 **Kayleigh** | 3,377 | 1984 | 1985 **Charleigh** | 3,254 | 1985 | 2007 **Oakleigh** | 1,910 | 2005 | 2015 **Marleigh** | 1,743 | 1985 | 2006 **Kyleigh** | 1,601 | 1978 | 1989 **Paisleigh** | 1,550 | 2006 | 2013 **Brynleigh** | 1,516 | 2001 | 2011 **Hadleigh** | 1,367 | 1994 | 2010 **Harleigh** | 1,290 | 1989 | 2001 **Bryleigh** | 964 | 1997 | 2005 **Kinsleigh** | 930 | 1996 | 2014 **Rayleigh** | 865 | 1995 | 2010 **Bayleigh** | 815 | 1989 | 1997 **Brayleigh** | 773 | 1999 | 2012 **Novaleigh** | 708 | 2001 | 2017 **Raleigh** | 707 | 1923 | 2010 **Karleigh** | 704 | 1983 | 2000

If some of these names make you fear for humanity, it might help to know that names containing "eigh" account for less than 1% of all births in this data (although, again, that's only names with 5+ births).