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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202008peak #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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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#4,35232—
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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—
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2004#492598#7,5369
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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 2008

  • 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: #831 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 4,730 girlsILWisconsin: #740 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,175 girlsWIMichigan: #559 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,964 girlsMINew York: #1,288 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 8,685 girlsNYMassachusetts: #600 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,403 girlsMARhode 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: #476 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,255 girlsIAIndiana: #625 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,251 girlsINOhio: #719 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 4,338 girlsOHPennsylvania: #630 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,689 girlsPANew Jersey: #1,028 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,548 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,500 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 12,071 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedCONebraska: #428 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,665 girlsNEMissouri: #954 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,887 girlsMOKentucky: #381 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,839 girlsKYWest Virginia: #110 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 405 girlsWVVirginia: #540 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,687 girlsVAMaryland: #566 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,808 girlsMDDelaware: 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: #514 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,305 girlsKSArkansas: #580 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,445 girlsARTennessee: #544 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,683 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #455 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 2,185 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #542 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,400 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #571 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,492 girlsOKLouisiana: #260 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,124 girlsLAMississippi: #210 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 832 girlsMSAlabama: #290 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,234 girlsALGeorgia: #681 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,521 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedHITexas: #772 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 4,414 girlsTXFlorida: #590 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 3,188 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. West Virginia#110 · 1 in 405
  2. Mississippi#210 · 1 in 832
  3. Louisiana#260 · 1 in 1,124
  4. Alabama#290 · 1 in 1,234
  5. Kentucky#381 · 1 in 1,839

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#110171 in 405
Mississippi#210151 in 832
Louisiana#260181 in 1,124
Alabama#290171 in 1,234
Kentucky#381111 in 1,839
Nebraska#42851 in 1,665
North Carolina#455221 in 2,185
Iowa#47661 in 2,255
Kansas#51461 in 2,305
Virginia#540141 in 2,687
South Carolina#54281 in 2,400
Tennessee#544121 in 2,683
Michigan#559151 in 2,964
Maryland#56691 in 2,808
Oklahoma#57171 in 2,492
Arkansas#58051 in 2,445
Florida#590271 in 3,188
Massachusetts#60081 in 3,403
Indiana#625101 in 3,251
Pennsylvania#630151 in 3,689
Georgia#681151 in 3,521
Ohio#719131 in 4,338
Wisconsin#74061 in 4,175
Texas#772381 in 4,414
Illinois#831141 in 4,730
Missouri#95451 in 5,887
New Jersey#1,02861 in 6,548
New York#1,288111 in 8,685
California#1,500191 in 12,071
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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 2008

girls
#720
413 births · 1 in 4,579 girls

Top girls' names in 2008

  1. #1Emma18,830
  2. #2Isabella18,629
  3. #3Emily17,448
  4. #4Olivia17,088
  5. #5Ava17,051
  6. #6Madison17,047
  7. #7Sophia16,091
  8. #8Abigail15,088
  9. #9Elizabeth12,027
  10. #10Chloe11,836
  11. #720Haleigh413
More about 2008

girls

1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 4,579 of them was named Haleigh, which outranked 96.5% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Haleigh
  1. #717Destiney415
  2. #717Janet415
  3. #719Ansley414
  4. #720Haleigh413
  5. #720Elsa413
  6. #722Hillary412
  7. #723Kaylyn411
  8. #723Maci411

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2007
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,375Dayami#10,129 → #754
  2. ↑ 4,524Allisson#4,944 → #420
  3. ↑ 1,019Alisson#1,804 → #785
  4. ↑ 851Milagros#1,579 → #728
  5. ↑ 807Mareli#1,530 → #723
Fallers
  1. ↓ 391Kelis#968 → #1,359
  2. ↓ 390Joselin#755 → #1,145
  3. ↓ 378Tyra#947 → #1,325
  4. ↓ 363Montana#932 → #1,295
  5. ↓ 337Allyssa#988 → #1,325

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

See the top 100 for 2008 →