Haleigh
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HAY-lee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #4,351 for girls
Haleigh is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “hay clearing”. In 2025 it ranked 4,351st for girls in the US (32 babies).
What does Haleigh mean?
English: spelling of Haley, a place-name surname
“hay clearing”
A spelling of Haley, from an English place name meaning 'hay clearing'.
Is Haleigh a girl's or a boy's name?
Haleigh is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 32 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Haleigh in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 11 girls.
Haleigh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
| 2003 | 2 | #5,792 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 11 | #1,621 |
How popular is Haleigh in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,351st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 32 about 1 in 50,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 65% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 32 girls in the US were named Haleigh, making it the 4,351st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,241st. Its busiest year was 2000, with 789 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978.
2025 had fewer girls named Haleigh than any year since 1984.
Half of all the girls named Haleigh in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,349 girls in the US were given Haleigh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #90, up from #4,351 for this spelling alone.
Haleigh in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #4,351 |
| 2024 | 34 | #4,206 |
| 2023 | 53 | #3,091 |
| 2022 | 50 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 54 | #3,037 |
| 2020 | 80 | #2,241 |
| 2019 | 133 | #1,598 |
| 2018 | 131 | #1,623 |
| 2017 | 128 | #1,677 |
| 2016 | 172 | #1,368 |
| 2015 | 201 | #1,227 |
| 2014 | 249 | #1,040 |
| 2013 | 273 | #929 |
| 2012 | 276 | #929 |
| 2011 | 350 | #777 |
| 2010 | 463 | #633 |
| 2009 | 515 | #587 |
| 2008 | 413 | #720 |
| 2007 | 480 | #621 |
| 2006 | 479 | #610 |
| 2005 | 562 | #520 |
| 2004 | 598 | #492 |
| 2003 | 771 | #394 |
| 2002 | 691 | #421 |
| 2001 | 739 | #394 |
| 2000 | 789 | #372 |
| 1999 | 649 | #425 |
| 1998 | 617 | #430 |
| 1997 | 578 | #441 |
| 1996 | 680 | #389 |
| 1995 | 552 | #459 |
| 1994 | 521 | #478 |
| 1993 | 520 | #487 |
| 1992 | 391 | #587 |
| 1991 | 322 | #670 |
| 1990 | 195 | #960 |
| 1989 | 170 | #1,006 |
| 1988 | 110 | #1,313 |
| 1987 | 105 | #1,312 |
| 1986 | 70 | #1,668 |
| 1985 | 33 | #2,803 |
| 1984 | 14 | #4,965 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,570 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
Names like Haleigh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hannah, Ellie, Chloe, Riley, Zoe, Jasmine, Holly, Harper, Amber, Hailey, Eden, Autumn
Other spellings of Haleigh
Hailey, Hayley, Hailee, Haylee, Hailie, Haylie, Heily, Hayleigh, Haily, Heyli, Halie
Names related to Haleigh
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Haleigh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/haleigh, updated 20 October 2026.