Fun Facts About the Name Analeigha
- 369 babies named Analeigha: U.S. records list 369 babies given the name Analeigha from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Analeigha Mean?
Analeigha is a modern English given name built from familiar parts rather than inherited whole from an older language. Its first element is Ana, a form of Anna, which comes from Greek Anna and Hebrew Hannah, meaning "grace" or "favor." Its second element is the -leigh of English names, from the Old English word lēah, "woodland clearing" or "meadow," which entered given names by way of English surnames and place names such as Leigh. The closing -a is a common feminine ending.
Read literally, the parts give "grace" plus "meadow," but the name is not a translation of any single older word. A second possible source is the Spanish and Portuguese name Analía (also written Analia), usually explained as a form of Ana, sometimes as a blend of Ana with another name such as Elia or Lucía; the second element there is not settled. If Analeigha is a respelled Analía, its meaning would belong to that name rather than to the English Ana + Leigh pattern, and the spelling alone does not show which route it follows.
Analeigha Name History & Origins
The elements behind Analeigha have long separate histories. Ana descends from Hebrew Hannah, passed into Greek as Anna and then into Latin and the languages of Europe, and became a standard women's name in Jewish and Christian use. Leigh began as an English surname and place name from Old English lēah, "woodland clearing," and during the twentieth century it also became a given name, both on its own and as the ending of girls' names such as Ashleigh, Kayleigh, and Hayleigh.
Analeigha follows the modern English fashion for joining a familiar first element to a -leigh-type ending and closing with -a; names of this shape are typical of recent naming in the United States and other English-speaking countries. If the name instead reflects Spanish Analía, its background lies in Spanish and Portuguese naming practice, where Ana is common and elaborations of it are traditional. The two possibilities are not mutually exclusive in everyday use, and the written form does not identify a single line of descent.
How Popular is the Name Analeigha?
Analeigha 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 2025. Its best rank was #3,253 in 2025.
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 | #3,253 | 48 | 0.0030% |
| 2024 | #3,882 | 38 | 0.0024% |
| 2023 | #4,275 | 33 | 0.0021% |
| 2022 | #6,734 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2021 | #5,760 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 2020 | #5,868 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2019 | #9,161 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2018 | #7,793 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2017 | #6,310 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2016 | #6,682 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2015 | #6,746 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2014 | #6,739 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2013 | #6,746 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2012 | #6,360 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2011 | #7,465 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2010 | #8,298 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2009 | #6,827 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2008 | #13,965 | 7 | 0.0004% |
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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