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

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Peak · girls
2018 · 310 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,272
since 1989

Harleigh over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Harleigh has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202019peak #874, 2018girls
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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#1,534138—
2024#1,484147—
2023#1,264182—
2022#1,089229—
2021#1,127219#12,1465
2020#992257—
2019#930284—
2018#874310—
2017#877312—
2016#949288—
2015#1,049251—
2014#1,205202—
2013#1,190202—
2012#1,196206—
2011#1,348171—
2010#1,392165—
2009#1,593141—
2008#1,732128—
2007#1,908108—
2006#1,771117—
2005#1,645121—
2004#1,397149—
2003#1,676114—
2002#1,535123—
2001#1,700106—
2000#1,75999—
1999#1,68897—
1998#2,01374—
1997#1,91476—
1996#2,25359—
1995#2,15562—
1994#2,66146—
1993#3,50631—
1992#3,50331—
1991#7,43011—
1990#7,30311—
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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 2019

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Harleigh, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Harleigh, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Harleigh, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Harleigh, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Harleigh, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Harleigh, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Harleigh, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Harleigh, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Harleigh, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,517 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 10,316 girlsILWisconsin: #853 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,359 girlsWIMichigan: #808 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,431 girlsMINew York: #1,449 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 9,433 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Harleigh, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Harleigh, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Harleigh, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Harleigh, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Harleigh, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Harleigh, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Harleigh, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Harleigh, so not publishedINOhio: #733 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,890 girlsOHPennsylvania: #713 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,838 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Harleigh, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Harleigh, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,959 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 16,778 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Harleigh, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Harleigh, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Harleigh, so not publishedNEMissouri: #626 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,843 girlsMOKentucky: #345 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,346 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Harleigh, so not publishedWVVirginia: #682 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,208 girlsVAMaryland: #900 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,476 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Harleigh, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Harleigh, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Harleigh, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Harleigh, so not publishedKSArkansas: #565 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,159 girlsARTennessee: #574 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,550 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #800 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,082 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Harleigh, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Harleigh, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #732 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,083 girlsOKLouisiana: #275 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,056 girlsLAMississippi: #242 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 877 girlsMSAlabama: #497 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,099 girlsALGeorgia: #743 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,567 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Harleigh, so not publishedHITexas: #1,024 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 6,098 girlsTXFlorida: #905 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 5,287 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#242 · 1 in 877
  2. Louisiana#275 · 1 in 1,056
  3. Kentucky#345 · 1 in 1,346
  4. Alabama#497 · 1 in 2,099
  5. Arkansas#565 · 1 in 2,159

Best ever in a state: #237 in Alabama, 2018.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#242121 in 877
Louisiana#275181 in 1,056
Kentucky#345131 in 1,346
Alabama#49791 in 2,099
Arkansas#56551 in 2,159
Tennessee#574121 in 2,550
Missouri#62691 in 2,843
Virginia#682111 in 3,208
Pennsylvania#713131 in 3,838
Oklahoma#73251 in 3,083
Ohio#733131 in 3,890
Georgia#743131 in 3,567
North Carolina#800111 in 4,082
Michigan#80891 in 4,431
Wisconsin#85351 in 4,359
Maryland#90051 in 4,476
Florida#905161 in 5,287
Texas#1,024261 in 6,098
New York#1,44991 in 9,433
Illinois#1,51751 in 10,316
California#1,959111 in 16,778
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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
  • 50 spots since 2024 (#1,484 → #1,534)
  • 542 spots since 2020 (#992 → #1,534)
  • 485 spots since 2015 (#1,049 → #1,534)
  • Biggest jump: 100 spots in 2016 (#1,049 → #949)
  • Biggest drop: 135 spots in 2021 (#992 → #1,127)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s5#12,362 (1989)#12,362
1990s498#1,688 (1999)#3,443
2000s1,206#1,397 (2004)#1,672
2010s2,391#874 (2018)#1,101
2020s1,172#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.

Harleigh in 2019

girls
#930
284 births · 1 in 5,910 girls

Top girls' names in 2019

  1. #1Olivia18,577
  2. #2Emma17,226
  3. #3Ava14,549
  4. #4Sophia13,821
  5. #5Isabella13,407
  6. #6Charlotte13,239
  7. #7Amelia12,944
  8. #8Mia12,508
  9. #9Harper10,497
  10. #10Evelyn10,443
  11. #930Harleigh284
More about 2019

girls

1,678,366 girls got a published name in 2019; 1 in 5,910 of them was named Harleigh, which outranked 94.8% of the 18,024 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Harleigh
  1. #927Jaelynn286
  2. #928India285
  3. #928Rosalee285
  4. #930Harleigh284
  5. #930Chandler284
  6. #930Noor284
  7. #933Madalynn283
  8. #933Maliah283
  9. #933Paola283

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

Biggest movers since 2018
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,081Amoura#2,059 → #978
  2. ↑ 553Theodora#1,406 → #853
  3. ↑ 456Navy#1,269 → #813
  4. ↑ 415Emani#1,371 → #956
  5. ↑ 403Yaritza#1,216 → #813
Fallers
  1. ↓ 451Emmarie#990 → #1,441
  2. ↓ 368Saniyah#934 → #1,302
  3. ↓ 252Tatiana#692 → #944
  4. ↓ 229Zhavia#879 → #1,108
  5. ↓ 219Jayden#979 → #1,198

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

See the top 100 for 2019 →