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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202001peak #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
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
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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 2001

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedAKMaine: #215 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 892 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #172 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 692 girlsNHWashington: 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: #662 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 4,140 girlsILWisconsin: #524 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,159 girlsWIMichigan: #459 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,773 girlsMINew York: #649 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 4,082 girlsNYMassachusetts: #309 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,748 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedRIOregon: #606 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,188 girlsORNevada: 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: #403 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,287 girlsIAIndiana: #214 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 1,001 girlsINOhio: #319 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 1,805 girlsOHPennsylvania: #426 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 2,545 girlsPANew Jersey: #694 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,600 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,299 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 11,114 girlsCAUtah: #637 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,468 girlsUTColorado: #596 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,058 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedNEMissouri: #246 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,245 girlsMOKentucky: #112 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 474 girlsKYWest Virginia: #90 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 357 girlsWVVirginia: #269 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,300 girlsVAMaryland: #524 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,003 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedDEArizona: #699 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,558 girlsAZNew Mexico: #403 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,606 girlsNMKansas: #317 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,473 girlsKSArkansas: #184 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 833 girlsARTennessee: #201 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 1,006 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #235 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 1,134 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #218 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,049 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #551 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,788 girlsOKLouisiana: #237 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,093 girlsLAMississippi: #120 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 527 girlsMSAlabama: #158 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 713 girlsALGeorgia: #233 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 1,149 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Haleigh, so not publishedHITexas: #393 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 2,099 girlsTXFlorida: #367 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 2,090 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. West Virginia#90 · 1 in 357
  2. Kentucky#112 · 1 in 474
  3. Mississippi#120 · 1 in 527
  4. Alabama#158 · 1 in 713
  5. New Hampshire#172 · 1 in 692

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#90201 in 357
Kentucky#112421 in 474
Mississippi#120221 in 527
Alabama#158281 in 713
New Hampshire#17271 in 692
Arkansas#184141 in 833
Tennessee#201301 in 1,006
Indiana#214331 in 1,001
Maine#21551 in 892
South Carolina#218161 in 1,049
Georgia#233421 in 1,149
North Carolina#235391 in 1,134
Louisiana#237191 in 1,093
Missouri#246231 in 1,245
Virginia#269271 in 1,300
Massachusetts#309181 in 1,748
Kansas#31791 in 1,473
Ohio#319331 in 1,805
Florida#367371 in 2,090
Texas#393731 in 2,099
Iowa#40361 in 2,287
New Mexico#40351 in 1,606
Pennsylvania#426221 in 2,545
Michigan#459181 in 2,773
Maryland#52481 in 3,003
Wisconsin#52481 in 3,159
Oklahoma#55161 in 2,788
Colorado#59681 in 3,058
Oregon#60651 in 3,188
Utah#63751 in 3,468
New York#649241 in 4,082
Illinois#662171 in 4,140
New Jersey#69491 in 4,600
Arizona#69991 in 3,558
California#1,299201 in 11,114
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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 2001

girls
#394
739 births · 1 in 2,437 girls

Top girls' names in 2001

  1. #1Emily25,059
  2. #2Madison22,166
  3. #3Hannah20,723
  4. #4Ashley16,531
  5. #5Alexis16,404
  6. #6Sarah15,929
  7. #7Samantha15,867
  8. #8Abigail14,807
  9. #9Elizabeth14,792
  10. #10Olivia13,977
  11. #394Haleigh739
More about 2001

girls

1,800,624 girls got a published name in 2001; 1 in 2,437 of them was named Haleigh, which outranked 97.8% of the 17,978 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Haleigh
  1. #391Regan747
  2. #392Precious746
  3. #393Georgia743
  4. #394Haleigh739
  5. #394Eden739
  6. #396Angie733
  7. #396Iris733
  8. #396Kaylie733

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

Biggest movers since 2000
Risers
  1. 1,602Dafne#2,569#967
  2. 1,493Nevaeh#1,759#266
  3. 1,339Jimena#2,213#874
  4. 1,263Taina#2,174#911
  5. 1,069Yuliana#1,759#690
Fallers
  1. 913Dariana#837#1,750
  2. 368Cortney#825#1,193
  3. 362Maiya#994#1,356
  4. 313Rosalinda#701#1,014
  5. 307Ivana#863#1,170

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

See the top 100 for 2001