Fun Facts About the Name Adaleigh
- More than 1 thousand babies named Adaleigh: U.S. records list 1,790 babies given the name Adaleigh from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Adaleigh Mean?
Adaleigh, usually interpreted as "noble meadow," is a modern English feminine name formed from the elements Ada and Leigh. Ada derives from the Germanic adal, meaning "noble," while Leigh comes from Old English lēah, meaning "woodland," "clearing," or "meadow." Read literally as a compound, the name means "noble meadow" or "noble clearing."
Some name lists treat Adaleigh instead as a variant spelling of Adalie or Adalee, feminine names from the same Germanic "noble" root. In that analysis the -leigh ending is ornamental and does not add a separate meadow meaning. A few lists also group it with the biblical name Adalia, but that name has a separate and uncertain etymology, and a similar spelling does not establish a shared origin. Because Adaleigh is a combined form rather than an inherited medieval name, its meaning is best understood through its parts; no single traditional etymology for the whole name is firmly established.
Adaleigh Name History & Origins
The element Ada began as a short form of Germanic names built on adal "noble," especially Adelaide, from Adalheidis ("noble kind" or "noble nature"). It was used in medieval England and later returned to use in the 19th century. Ada Lovelace (1815 - 1852) is a well-known bearer; the name's 19th-century revival was part of a broader Victorian interest in older names rather than the result of a single person.
The element Leigh comes from Old English lēah and appears in English place-names and surnames, including Leigh in Greater Manchester and Leigh-on-Sea in Essex. Leigh has been used as a given name in English-speaking countries since at least the 19th century, for both boys and girls, though it became especially common for girls in the United States. The -leigh spelling became a popular feminine ending in modern names such as Ashleigh and Everleigh.
Adaleigh joins these two familiar elements into a single feminine name. Its history is tied to the separate histories of Ada and Leigh, and it follows the modern English pattern of pairing a short name or root with -leigh. It is used in the United States and other English-speaking countries, generally as a feminine name.
How Popular is the Name Adaleigh?
Adaleigh has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2020. Its best rank was #1,503 in 2020.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,298 | 79 | 0.0049% |
| 2024 | #2,319 | 79 | 0.0049% |
| 2023 | #2,332 | 78 | 0.0049% |
| 2022 | #1,918 | 104 | 0.0063% |
| 2021 | #1,800 | 112 | 0.0068% |
| 2020 | #1,503 | 142 | 0.0088% |
| 2019 | #1,666 | 126 | 0.0075% |
| 2018 | #1,813 | 112 | 0.0066% |
| 2017 | #1,600 | 136 | 0.0079% |
| 2016 | #1,656 | 130 | 0.0073% |
| 2015 | #1,677 | 127 | 0.0071% |
| 2014 | #1,552 | 140 | 0.0078% |
| 2013 | #1,824 | 111 | 0.0063% |
| 2012 | #1,940 | 101 | 0.0057% |
| 2011 | #2,640 | 67 | 0.0038% |
| 2010 | #3,961 | 38 | 0.0021% |
| 2009 | #4,269 | 35 | 0.0019% |
| 2008 | #5,282 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 2007 | #9,545 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2006 | #7,487 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2005 | #14,518 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2004 | #12,773 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2003 | #15,808 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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