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.
Hayleigh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 12 | #2,275 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2013 | 13 | #2,174 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,756 |
| 2011 | 17 | #1,755 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,912 |
| 2009 | 22 | #1,411 |
| 2008 | 25 | #1,258 |
| 2007 | 19 | #1,477 |
| 2006 | 26 | #1,118 |
| 2005 | 24 | #1,128 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,488 |
| 2003 | 19 | #1,263 |
| 2002 | 27 | #927 |
| 2001 | 17 | #1,261 |
| 2000 | 19 | #1,137 |
| 1999 | 17 | #1,243 |
| 1998 | 40 | #681 |
| 1997 | 105 | #363 |
| 1996 | 72 | #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.
Hayleigh in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #4,757 |
| 2024 | 43 | #3,575 |
| 2023 | 50 | #3,225 |
| 2022 | 50 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 67 | #2,586 |
| 2020 | 65 | #2,597 |
| 2019 | 81 | #2,249 |
| 2018 | 99 | #1,978 |
| 2017 | 105 | #1,917 |
| 2016 | 125 | #1,704 |
| 2015 | 184 | #1,302 |
| 2014 | 181 | #1,308 |
| 2013 | 236 | #1,046 |
| 2012 | 253 | #999 |
| 2011 | 317 | #833 |
| 2010 | 323 | #832 |
| 2009 | 320 | #868 |
| 2008 | 256 | #1,022 |
| 2007 | 274 | #979 |
| 2006 | 251 | #1,018 |
| 2005 | 252 | #970 |
| 2004 | 226 | #1,030 |
| 2003 | 250 | #941 |
| 2002 | 212 | #1,021 |
| 2001 | 222 | #969 |
| 2000 | 198 | #1,047 |
| 1999 | 146 | #1,269 |
| 1998 | 122 | #1,403 |
| 1997 | 114 | #1,447 |
| 1996 | 94 | #1,623 |
| 1995 | 99 | #1,538 |
| 1994 | 85 | #1,723 |
| 1993 | 67 | #2,040 |
| 1992 | 47 | #2,607 |
| 1991 | 32 | #3,363 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
Names like Hayleigh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hannah, Ellie, Harper, Chloe, Zoe, Riley, Niamh, Lily, Ocean, Eden, Willow, Jasmine
Other spellings of Hayleigh
Hailey, Hayley, Hailie, Hailee, Haylie, Haylee, Heily, Haleigh, Haily, Heyli, Halie
Names related to Hayleigh
More English names
Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Grace, Violet, Daisy, Poppy, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter, Harrison, River
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.