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Harleigh

Gender
Girl
Say it
HAR-lee
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#2,206 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,534 for girls

Harleigh is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “hare clearing”. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies) and 1,534th for girls in the US (138 babies).

What does Harleigh mean?

English: spelling of Harley

“hare clearing”

A modern respelling of Harley, an English surname taken from a place name.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Harleigh is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the UK and 138 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Harleigh in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,206among girls
Babies in 2025
13about 1 in 21,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling fastdown 60% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Harleigh, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 828th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 79 girls.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Harleigh than any year since 2001.

Half of all the girls named Harleigh in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 159 girls in the UK were given Harleigh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #321, up from #2,206 for this spelling alone.

In 2024, 86% of the babies named Harleigh in the UK were girls.

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,137th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 79 in 20172025
Harleigh in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202513#2,206
202418#1,726
202330#1,178
202234#1,066
202137#1,011
202047#828
201954#771
201852#803
201779#597
201634#1,096
201537#1,040
201429#1,235
201335#1,096
201227#1,293
201128#1,238
201026#1,299
200915#1,848
200818#1,620
200719#1,477
200617#1,545
200520#1,280
200419#1,293
200314#1,564
200216#1,333
200110#1,832
200015#1,348
19999#1,921
19987#2,304
199717#1,227
199614#1,381

How popular is Harleigh in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,534among girls
Babies in 2025
138about 1 in 12,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 45% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 138 girls in the US were named Harleigh, making it the 1,534th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 992nd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 312 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Harleigh than any year since 2008.

Half of all the girls named Harleigh in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,244 girls in the US were given Harleigh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #276, up from #1,534 for this spelling alone.

1989Busiest: 312 in 20172025
Harleigh in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025138#1,534
2024147#1,484
2023182#1,264
2022229#1,089
2021219#1,127
2020257#992
2019284#930
2018310#874
2017312#877
2016288#949
2015251#1,049
2014202#1,205
2013202#1,190
2012206#1,196
2011171#1,348
2010165#1,392
2009141#1,593
2008128#1,732
2007108#1,908
2006117#1,771
2005121#1,644
2004149#1,396
2003114#1,675
2002123#1,534
2001106#1,697
200099#1,755
199997#1,686
199874#2,010
199776#1,911
199659#2,250
199562#2,150
199446#2,656
199331#3,501
199231#3,497
199111#7,423
199011#7,297
19895#12,356

Names like Harleigh

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Harleigh

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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, “Harleigh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/harleigh, updated 20 October 2026.