Fun Facts About the Name Averleigh
- 239 babies named Averleigh: U.S. records list 239 babies given the name Averleigh from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Averleigh Mean?
Averleigh is a modern English spelling of a surname-style given name, and no secure meaning can be given for it as a whole. The ending -leigh represents Old English lēah, "woodland, clearing, or meadow," a very common element in English place names and in the surnames taken from them. The first element, Aver-, is not reliably documented. The name is generally treated as a variant of the English surnames Averley and Averly, or as an ornamental respelling of Avery with the -leigh ending. Because the first element cannot be traced with confidence, the literal sense of the full name remains uncertain.
Averleigh Name History & Origins
Ornamental -leigh endings became widespread in English-speaking countries in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, when older surname names were respelled with endings such as -leigh, -lee, and -ley. Averleigh belongs to that pattern. Surname forms such as Averley and Averly exist in English, and like most place-derived surnames they preserve an original place name whose first element has been obscured by later spelling change; the specific place behind them is not securely identified.
Avery is a separate English surname, ultimately from a Norman French personal name rather than from a place name, and its resemblance to Averleigh is a matter of sound and spelling rather than a documented shared derivation. Because the surname forms behind Averleigh are uncommon and their early spellings are poorly recorded, the route from any medieval place name or surname to the modern first name cannot be reconstructed in detail.
How Popular is the Name Averleigh?
Averleigh 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 2021. Its best rank was #4,256 in 2021.
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 | #7,944 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2024 | #10,342 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 2023 | #5,268 | 24 | 0.0015% |
| 2022 | #5,331 | 24 | 0.0015% |
| 2021 | #4,256 | 33 | 0.0020% |
| 2020 | #5,509 | 22 | 0.0014% |
| 2019 | #4,783 | 28 | 0.0017% |
| 2018 | #6,285 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2017 | #5,685 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 2016 | #9,497 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2015 | #9,562 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2014 | #10,236 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2013 | #14,870 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2012 | #13,694 | 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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