Haleigh

#4,352 for girls in 2025, 32 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #7,536
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2000 · 789 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
14,284
since 1978

Haleigh over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Haleigh has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201988peak #372, 2000girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#4,35232—
2024#4,20734—
2023#3,09153—
2022#3,22050—
2021#3,03754—
2020#2,24180—
2019#1,598133—
2018#1,623131—
2017#1,677128—
2016#1,368172—
2015#1,227201—
2014#1,040249—
2013#929273—
2012#929276—
2011#777350—
2010#633463—
2009#587515—
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2006#610479—
2005#520562—
2004#492598#7,5369
2003#394771—
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First appearance
1978

The first year at least five girls were named Haleigh! It came in at #9,750, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1978–1980, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Haleigh is popular in 1988

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedWIMichigan: #893 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 9,572 girlsMINew York: #1,842 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 22,810 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,514 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 38,073 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedNEMissouri: #663 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,334 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedNMKansas: #336 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,046 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedMSAlabama: #448 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,088 girlsALGeorgia: #858 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,024 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedHITexas: #976 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 9,164 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Kansas#336 · 1 in 2,046
  2. Alabama#448 · 1 in 3,088
  3. Missouri#663 · 1 in 6,334
  4. Georgia#858 · 1 in 8,024
  5. Michigan#893 · 1 in 9,572

Best ever in a state: #75 in West Virginia, 2003.

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Kansas#33671 in 2,046
Alabama#44871 in 3,088
Missouri#66351 in 6,334
Georgia#85851 in 8,024
Michigan#89361 in 9,572
Texas#976141 in 9,164
New York#1,84251 in 22,810
California#2,51461 in 38,073
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See more about Haleigh
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 145 spots since 2024 (#4,207 → #4,352)
  • 2,111 spots since 2020 (#2,241 → #4,352)
  • 3,125 spots since 2015 (#1,227 → #4,352)
  • Biggest jump: 292 spots in 1991 (#962 → #670)
  • Biggest drop: 152 spots in 2012 (#777 → #929)
Rise & fade · girls
22 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1978
  • Peaked 2000 at #372 (789 births)
  • Births halved by 2011, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 24 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 1990–2013
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,302
  • Highest: 1 in 2,302 girls born in 2000 were named Haleigh (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 50,227 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 42.3% of all girls named Haleigh (6,037) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s5#9,750 (1978)#9,750
1980s538#1,009 (1989)#3,293
1990s5,025#389 (1996)#533
2000s6,037#372 (2000)#513
2010s2,376#633 (2010)#1,180
2020s303#2,241 (2020)#3,358

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Haleigh in 1988

girls
#1,314
110 births · 1 in 16,190 girls

Top girls' names in 1988

  1. #1Jessica51,556
  2. #2Ashley49,977
  3. #3Amanda39,459
  4. #4Sarah28,374
  5. #5Jennifer27,893
  6. #6Brittany26,816
  7. #7Stephanie22,843
  8. #8Samantha20,700
  9. #9Nicole20,315
  10. #10Elizabeth20,042
  11. #1,314Haleigh110
More about 1988

girls

1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 16,190 of them was named Haleigh, which outranked 90.5% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Haleigh
  1. #1,300Richard111
  2. #1,300Shanee111
  3. #1,300Stormy111
  4. #1,314Haleigh110
  5. #1,314Kayli110
  6. #1,314Leona110
  7. #1,314Rachele110
  8. #1,320Belen109
  9. #1,320China109
  10. #1,320Juliann109

Tied with 5 names at #1,314; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,890Jalissa#3,857 → #967
  2. ↑ 2,381Taja#3,101 → #720
  3. ↑ 1,710Whitley#2,156 → #446
  4. ↑ 1,225Jalisa#1,662 → #437
  5. ↑ 883Jaleesa#1,227 → #344
Fallers
  1. ↓ 620Channing#590 → #1,210
  2. ↓ 346Denisse#954 → #1,300
  3. ↓ 319Jeana#966 → #1,285
  4. ↓ 314Eliana#826 → #1,140
  5. ↓ 311Nakia#893 → #1,204

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1988 →