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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202012peak #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—
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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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2005#520562—
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 2012

  • 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: #1,450 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 9,793 girlsILWisconsin: #837 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,609 girlsWIMichigan: #732 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,117 girlsMINew York: #1,962 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 15,379 girlsNYMassachusetts: #743 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,239 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: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedIAIndiana: #888 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,006 girlsINOhio: #1,008 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,447 girlsOHPennsylvania: #907 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,861 girlsPANew Jersey: #1,170 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,303 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,784 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 29,869 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: #536 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,692 girlsMOKentucky: #537 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,592 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedWVVirginia: #520 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,599 girlsVAMaryland: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedARTennessee: #657 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,319 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #667 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,381 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #726 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,485 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #469 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,970 girlsLAMississippi: #186 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 709 girlsMSAlabama: #251 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,026 girlsALGeorgia: #645 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,154 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedHITexas: #1,162 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 7,539 girlsTXFlorida: #663 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 3,619 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#186 · 1 in 709
  2. Alabama#251 · 1 in 1,026
  3. Louisiana#469 · 1 in 1,970
  4. Virginia#520 · 1 in 2,599
  5. Missouri#536 · 1 in 2,692

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#186151 in 709
Alabama#251181 in 1,026
Louisiana#469101 in 1,970
Virginia#520141 in 2,599
Missouri#536101 in 2,692
Kentucky#53771 in 2,592
Georgia#645151 in 3,154
Tennessee#65791 in 3,319
Florida#663221 in 3,619
North Carolina#667131 in 3,381
South Carolina#72651 in 3,485
Michigan#732101 in 4,117
Massachusetts#74361 in 4,239
Wisconsin#83751 in 4,609
Indiana#88861 in 5,006
Pennsylvania#90791 in 5,861
Ohio#1,00881 in 6,447
Texas#1,162211 in 7,539
New Jersey#1,17051 in 7,303
Illinois#1,45061 in 9,793
New York#1,96261 in 15,379
California#2,78471 in 29,869
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 2012

girls
#929
276 births · 1 in 6,381 girls

Top girls' names in 2012

  1. #1Sophia22,336
  2. #2Emma20,976
  3. #3Isabella19,138
  4. #4Olivia17,333
  5. #5Ava15,549
  6. #6Emily13,666
  7. #7Abigail12,730
  8. #8Mia12,039
  9. #9Madison11,417
  10. #10Elizabeth9,730
  11. #929Haleigh276
More about 2012

girls

1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 6,381 of them was named Haleigh, which outranked 95.2% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Haleigh
  1. #926Charity277
  2. #926Kaylyn277
  3. #926Rayna277
  4. #929Haleigh276
  5. #929Saige276
  6. #929Tamia276
  7. #932Araceli275
  8. #932Cambria275
  9. #934Avianna274

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

Biggest movers since 2011
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,327Cataleya#4,807 → #480
  2. ↑ 1,931Adley#2,664 → #733
  3. ↑ 917Litzy#1,515 → #598
  4. ↑ 784Kenia#1,427 → #643
  5. ↑ 580Monroe#1,531 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 429Jaden#979 → #1,408
  2. ↓ 365Payten#994 → #1,359
  3. ↓ 326Yamilet#925 → #1,251
  4. ↓ 316Shaniya#915 → #1,231
  5. ↓ 264Shania#898 → #1,162

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

See the top 100 for 2012 →