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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202009peak #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—
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—
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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 2009

  • 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: #1,038 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 6,324 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedWIMichigan: #748 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,274 girlsMINew York: #959 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 5,923 girlsNYMassachusetts: #577 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,281 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: #448 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,889 girlsIAIndiana: #315 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,441 girlsINOhio: #512 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 2,722 girlsOHPennsylvania: #537 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 2,875 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedNJConnecticut: #443 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,103 girlsCTCalifornia: #1,524 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 12,127 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedUTColorado: #617 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,980 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedNEMissouri: #504 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,546 girlsMOKentucky: #225 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 964 girlsKYWest Virginia: #155 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 566 girlsWVVirginia: #310 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,411 girlsVAMaryland: #765 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,120 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedDEArizona: #753 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,725 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedNMKansas: #454 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,966 girlsKSArkansas: #301 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,180 girlsARTennessee: #337 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,526 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #352 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,601 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #286 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,160 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #418 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,722 girlsOKLouisiana: #316 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,291 girlsLAMississippi: #258 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 980 girlsMSAlabama: #263 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,112 girlsALGeorgia: #420 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,951 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedHITexas: #657 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 3,623 girlsTXFlorida: #508 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 2,656 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. West Virginia#155 · 1 in 566
  2. Kentucky#225 · 1 in 964
  3. Mississippi#258 · 1 in 980
  4. Alabama#263 · 1 in 1,112
  5. South Carolina#286 · 1 in 1,160

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#155121 in 566
Kentucky#225201 in 964
Mississippi#258121 in 980
Alabama#263181 in 1,112
South Carolina#286161 in 1,160
Arkansas#301101 in 1,180
Virginia#310261 in 1,411
Indiana#315221 in 1,441
Louisiana#316161 in 1,291
Tennessee#337201 in 1,526
North Carolina#352291 in 1,601
Oklahoma#418101 in 1,722
Georgia#420261 in 1,951
Connecticut#44361 in 2,103
Iowa#44871 in 1,889
Kansas#45471 in 1,966
Missouri#504111 in 2,546
Florida#508311 in 2,656
Ohio#512201 in 2,722
Pennsylvania#537191 in 2,875
Massachusetts#57781 in 3,281
Colorado#61781 in 2,980
Texas#657461 in 3,623
Michigan#748101 in 4,274
Arizona#75391 in 3,725
Maryland#76561 in 4,120
New York#959161 in 5,923
Illinois#1,038101 in 6,324
California#1,524181 in 12,127
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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 2009

girls
#587
515 births · 1 in 3,567 girls

Top girls' names in 2009

  1. #1Isabella22,321
  2. #2Emma17,910
  3. #3Olivia17,444
  4. #4Sophia16,951
  5. #5Ava15,877
  6. #6Emily15,366
  7. #7Madison15,257
  8. #8Abigail14,401
  9. #9Chloe11,922
  10. #10Mia11,438
  11. #587Haleigh515
More about 2009

girls

1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 3,567 of them was named Haleigh, which outranked 97.1% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Haleigh
  1. #583Eve521
  2. #585Liana520
  3. #586Amara516
  4. #587Haleigh515
  5. #588Maia512
  6. #588Olive512
  7. #590Aspen511
Biggest movers since 2008
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,137Taraji#5,013 → #876
  2. ↑ 2,107Bristol#2,773 → #666
  3. ↑ 836Analia#1,167 → #331
  4. ↑ 773Harlow#1,677 → #904
  5. ↑ 610Maliah#1,405 → #795
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,450Dayami#754 → #2,204
  2. ↓ 953Mareli#723 → #1,676
  3. ↓ 773Mylie#839 → #1,612
  4. ↓ 517Marely#334 → #851
  5. ↓ 515Hillary#722 → #1,237

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

See the top 100 for 2009 →