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Halleigh

Gender
Girl
Say it
HAY-lee
Origin
English

Halleigh is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “hay clearing”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Halleigh mean?

English: spelling of Haleigh, itself a spelling of Haley, a place-name surname

“hay clearing”

A spelling of Haley, from an English place name meaning 'hay clearing'.

Meaning borrowed from Haleigh.

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

Halleigh is a girls' name.

How popular is Halleigh in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.

Half of all the girls named Halleigh in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

1995Busiest: 25 in 20092024
Halleigh in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20248#11,117
20239#10,307
202211#9,050
20219#10,287
20206#13,448
201912#8,592
20189#10,540
201720#6,040
201611#9,408
201512#8,926
201413#8,480
201317#7,027
201221#6,107
201116#7,432
201015#7,877
200925#5,535
200810#10,802
200721#6,319
200610#10,606
200512#8,878
20047#12,754
200310#9,666
200210#9,476
200110#9,344
200013#7,574
19995#14,403
19980–
19970–
19966#11,801
19955#13,380

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Sources

Figures from 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, “Halleigh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/halleigh, updated 20 October 2026.