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Haig

Boy · HAYG

Haig is a boys' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Haig mean?

Armenian, from Hayk; also a Scottish surname

From Hayk, the legendary patriarch from whom Armenians take their traditional name for themselves, Hay; also a Scottish surname.

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HAYG

Is Haig a girl's or a boy's name?

Haig is a boys' name.

How popular is Haig in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1922, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 1913.

Half of all the boys named Haig in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 1985, the years shaded on the chart below.

1913Busiest: 30 in 19222019
Haig in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20196#10,797
20180–
20170–
20165#12,180
20150–
20140–
20130–
20120–
20115#12,280
20106#10,759
20097#9,859
20080–
20075#12,361
20060–
20050–
200410#6,970
200312#5,870
20020–
20018#7,529
200011#5,913
19990–
19987#7,553
19976#8,104
199614#4,390
19956#7,785
19948#6,366
19936#7,631
19929#5,652
19910–
19909#5,375
19898#5,608
19887#5,745
19877#5,453
19869#4,453
19859#4,328
19840–
198310#3,882
19827#5,001
19818#4,507
19808#4,493
19796#5,353
19785#5,769
19776#5,121
19765#5,584
19756#4,795
19740–
19730–
19720–
19710–
19700–
19697#3,594
19686#3,672
19670–
19666#3,535
19655#3,928
19647#3,281
19630–
19620–
19610–
19605#4,036
19590–
19587#3,273
19577#3,255
19565#3,940
19556#3,503
19549#2,742
19538#2,904
19525#3,731
19510–
19505#3,678
19490–
19485#3,665
194710#2,497
19466#3,171
19450–
19440–
19430–
19420–
19415#3,504
19406#3,130
19397#2,829
19386#3,174
19370–
193611#2,184
19357#2,951
19346#3,275
19338#2,737
19327#3,091
193112#2,207
193015#1,964
192916#1,933
19289#2,842
192711#2,523
192615#2,074
192520#1,744
192410#2,821
19239#2,948
192230#1,333
192117#1,979
192016#2,051
191921#1,623
191825#1,445
191715#1,985
191610#2,542
191511#2,309
191410#2,100
19136#2,495

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