Harleigh
- #1,534 for girls in 2025, 138 births
- Last seen for boys in 2021 at #12,146
- Given to girls 99.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2018 · 310 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,272since 1989
Harleigh over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Harleigh has never cracked the top 800 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,534 | 138 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,484 | 147 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,264 | 182 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,089 | 229 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,127 | 219 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | #992 | 257 | — | |
| 2019 | #930 | 284 | — | |
| 2018 | #874 | 310 | — | |
| 2017 | #877 | 312 | — | |
| 2016 | #949 | 288 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,049 | 251 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,205 | 202 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,190 | 202 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,196 | 206 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,348 | 171 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,392 | 165 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,593 | 141 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,732 | 128 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,908 | 108 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,771 | 117 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,645 | 121 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,397 | 149 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,676 | 114 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,535 | 123 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,700 | 106 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,759 | 99 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,688 | 97 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,013 | 74 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,914 | 76 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,253 | 59 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,155 | 62 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,661 | 46 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,506 | 31 | — | |
| 1992 | #3,503 | 31 | — | |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | — | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1989
The first year at least five girls were named Harleigh! It came in at #12,362, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1989, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Harleigh is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Mississippi#270 · 1 in 890
- Alabama#436 · 1 in 1,665
- Louisiana#477 · 1 in 1,819
- Michigan#863 · 1 in 4,466
- Georgia#915 · 1 in 4,521
Best ever in a state: #237 in Alabama, 2018.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #270 | 10 | 1 in 890 |
| Alabama | #436 | 11 | 1 in 1,665 |
| Louisiana | #477 | 9 | 1 in 1,819 |
| Michigan | #863 | 8 | 1 in 4,466 |
| Georgia | #915 | 10 | 1 in 4,521 |
| Indiana | #916 | 6 | 1 in 4,651 |
| North Carolina | #1,138 | 7 | 1 in 6,640 |
| Virginia | #1,180 | 5 | 1 in 6,748 |
| Illinois | #1,240 | 6 | 1 in 7,388 |
| Ohio | #1,438 | 5 | 1 in 9,454 |
| Texas | #2,386 | 8 | 1 in 20,068 |
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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 Harleigh
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 542 spots since 2020 (#992 → #1,534)
- Biggest jump: 100 spots in 2016
- Biggest drop: 135 spots in 2021
Rise & fade · girls
29 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1989
- Peaked 2018 at #874 (310 births)
- Births halved by 2024, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 2016–2020
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,487
- Highest: 1 in 5,487 girls born in 2018 were named Harleigh (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 11,647 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 45.4% of all girls named Harleigh (2,391) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5 | #12,362 (1989) | #12,362 |
| 1990s | 498 | #1,688 (1999) | #3,443 |
| 2000s | 1,206 | #1,397 (2004) | #1,672 |
| 2010s | 2,391 | #874 (2018) | #1,101 |
| 2020s | 1,172 | #992 (2020) | #1,248 |
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.
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