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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202016peak #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
rankbirthsrankbirths
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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2007#621480—
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 2016

  • 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: #1,278 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,414 girlsMINew York: #1,265 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 8,167 girlsNYMassachusetts: #844 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,095 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: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedINOhio: #1,151 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,438 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #1,168 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,315 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,306 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 22,635 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: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedWVVirginia: #1,036 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,190 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: #1,087 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,208 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #1,002 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,664 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #576 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,551 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #596 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,623 girlsLAMississippi: #378 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,387 girlsMSAlabama: #395 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,615 girlsALGeorgia: #1,499 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,610 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedHITexas: #1,697 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 12,869 girlsTXFlorida: #1,813 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 14,451 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#378 · 1 in 1,387
  2. Alabama#395 · 1 in 1,615
  3. South Carolina#576 · 1 in 2,551
  4. Louisiana#596 · 1 in 2,623
  5. Massachusetts#844 · 1 in 5,095

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

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StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#37881 in 1,387
Alabama#395121 in 1,615
South Carolina#57671 in 2,551
Louisiana#59681 in 2,623
Massachusetts#84451 in 5,095
North Carolina#1,00281 in 5,664
Virginia#1,03661 in 6,190
Tennessee#1,08751 in 6,208
Ohio#1,15171 in 7,438
New Jersey#1,16851 in 7,315
New York#1,265111 in 8,167
Michigan#1,27851 in 8,414
Georgia#1,49951 in 9,610
Texas#1,697131 in 12,869
Florida#1,81361 in 14,451
California#2,30691 in 22,635
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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 2016

girls
#1,368
172 births · 1 in 10,302 girls

Top girls' names in 2016

  1. #1Emma19,550
  2. #2Olivia19,414
  3. #3Ava16,354
  4. #4Sophia16,185
  5. #5Isabella14,863
  6. #6Mia14,464
  7. #7Charlotte13,118
  8. #8Abigail11,796
  9. #9Emily11,006
  10. #10Amelia10,809
  11. #1,368Haleigh172
More about 2016

girls

1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 10,302 of them was named Haleigh, which outranked 92.8% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Haleigh
  1. #1,365Imogen173
  2. #1,365Keziah173
  3. #1,365Malak173
  4. #1,368Haleigh172
  5. #1,368Hillary172
  6. #1,368Yaretzy172
  7. #1,371Araya171
  8. #1,371Carley171
  9. #1,371Dariana171

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

Biggest movers since 2015
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,389Kehlani#3,254 → #865
  2. ↑ 612Royalty#1,146 → #534
  3. ↑ 481Saoirse#1,448 → #967
  4. ↑ 396Ophelia#978 → #582
  5. ↑ 364Aitana#915 → #551
Fallers
  1. ↓ 542Caitlin#610 → #1,152
  2. ↓ 451Caitlyn#598 → #1,049
  3. ↓ 397Katelynn#652 → #1,049
  4. ↓ 382Kaitlynn#989 → #1,371
  5. ↓ 340Neriah#946 → #1,286

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

See the top 100 for 2016 →