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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201987peak #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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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
2008#720413
2007#621480
2006#610479
2005#520562
2004#492598#7,5369
2003#394771
2002#421691
2001#394739
2000#372789
1999#425649
1998#430617
1997#441578
1996#389680
1995#459552
1994#478521
1993#487520
1992#587391
1991#670322
1990#962195
1989#1,009170
1988#1,314110
1987#1,313105
1986#1,66970
1985#2,80433
1984#4,96614
1983#5,45712
1982#5,53412
1981#5,57112
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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 1987

  • 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: #1,286 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 14,516 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedMARhode 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: #1,022 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 13,541 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,568 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 19,556 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: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedVAMaryland: 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: #496 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,031 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #613 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,385 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedMSAlabama: #356 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,393 girlsALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedHITexas: #1,397 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 16,109 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Alabama#356 · 1 in 2,393
  2. Tennessee#496 · 1 in 4,031
  3. Louisiana#613 · 1 in 4,385
  4. Ohio#1,022 · 1 in 13,541
  5. Illinois#1,286 · 1 in 14,516

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alabama#35691 in 2,393
Tennessee#49671 in 4,031
Louisiana#61361 in 4,385
Ohio#1,02251 in 13,541
Illinois#1,28651 in 14,516
Texas#1,39781 in 16,109
California#1,568111 in 19,556
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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 1987

girls
#1,313
105 births · 1 in 16,558 girls

Top girls' names in 1987

  1. #1Jessica55,992
  2. #2Ashley54,856
  3. #3Amanda41,786
  4. #4Jennifer32,710
  5. #5Sarah27,894
  6. #6Stephanie22,402
  7. #7Brittany22,231
  8. #8Nicole20,286
  9. #9Heather18,982
  10. #10Elizabeth18,608
  11. #1,313Haleigh105
More about 1987

girls

1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 16,558 of them was named Haleigh, which outranked 90.1% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Haleigh
  1. #1,302Monet106
  2. #1,302Shelia106
  3. #1,302Skylar106
  4. #1,313Haleigh105
  5. #1,313Angelia105
  6. #1,313Catalina105
  7. #1,313Kassi105
  8. #1,318Allyssa104
  9. #1,318Bonita104
  10. #1,318Devan104

Tied with 4 names at #1,313; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. 1,808Janay#2,195#387
  2. 1,048Channing#1,638#590
  3. 786Ayla#1,380#594
  4. 714Yessenia#1,439#725
  5. 648Denisse#1,602#954
Fallers
  1. 1,153Halley#580#1,733
  2. 674Cherrelle#879#1,553
  3. 637Sharday#933#1,570
  4. 613Sharde#873#1,486
  5. 539Shardae#832#1,371

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

See the top 100 for 1987