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Hayleigh

Gender
Girl
Say it
HAY-lee
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#3,776 for girls
US rank, 2025
#4,757 for girls

Hayleigh is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “hay clearing”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 4,757th for girls in the US (28 babies).

What does Hayleigh mean?

English: spelling of Hayley, an English place name and surname

“hay clearing”

Hayley caught on as a girl's name after actress Hayley Mills became famous in the early 1960s.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Hayleigh is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 28 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Hayleigh in the UK?

Rank in 2025
3,776th among girls
Babies in 2025
6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 14% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Hayleigh, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,326th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 105 girls.

Half of all the girls named Hayleigh in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 315 girls in the UK were given Hayleigh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #199, up from #3,776 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 105 in 19972025
Hayleigh in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20256#3,776
20249#2,832
20239#2,841
20225#4,168
20214#4,864
20201#7,326
201912#2,275
20188#3,068
20175#4,250
201610#2,692
20158#3,114
201412#2,320
201313#2,174
201218#1,756
201117#1,755
201015#1,912
200922#1,411
200825#1,258
200719#1,477
200626#1,118
200524#1,128
200416#1,488
200319#1,263
200227#927
200117#1,261
200019#1,137
199917#1,243
199840#681
1997105#363
199672#455

How popular is Hayleigh in the US?

Rank in 2025
4,757th among girls
Babies in 2025
28 about 1 in 57,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 51% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 28 girls in the US were named Hayleigh, making it the 4,757th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,597th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 323 girls. It first appears in the records in 1986.

2025 had fewer girls named Hayleigh than any year since 1990.

Half of all the girls named Hayleigh in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 3,349 girls in the US were given Hayleigh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #90, up from #4,757 for this spelling alone.

1986Busiest: 323 in 20102025
Hayleigh in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202528#4,757
202443#3,575
202350#3,225
202250#3,219
202167#2,586
202065#2,597
201981#2,249
201899#1,978
2017105#1,917
2016125#1,704
2015184#1,302
2014181#1,308
2013236#1,046
2012253#999
2011317#833
2010323#832
2009320#868
2008256#1,022
2007274#979
2006251#1,018
2005252#970
2004226#1,030
2003250#941
2002212#1,021
2001222#969
2000198#1,047
1999146#1,269
1998122#1,403
1997114#1,447
199694#1,623
199599#1,538
199485#1,723
199367#2,040
199247#2,607
199132#3,363
199012#6,861
198914#5,830
198812#6,272
19876#9,820
19869#7,130

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