How popular is the name Haleigh?

Haleigh ranks 853rd among girls' names in US records, with 22,795 births since 1950. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,446.

Is Haleigh a unisex name?

No. Haleigh is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2000, when 1,164 children were given the name. It has been in use for 75 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Hali, Halee, Hollee, Halea. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#853 of girl names

Pronounced HH AA1 L IY1 (ARPABET)

Haleigh is a girls' name, and first appears in 1950. It has been given to 22,795 children — the 853rd most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 73% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2000, when 1,164 children were given it.

Four other spellings are counted in that total — Hali, Halee, Hollee and one more — because they are pronounced identically.

20001,164

These spellings sound identical to Haleigh and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Haleigh?: Haleigh ranks 853rd among girls' names in US records, with 22,795 births since 1950. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,446.
Is Haleigh a unisex name?: No. Haleigh is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Haleigh most popular?: 2000, when 1,164 children were given the name. It has been in use for 75 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Haleigh spelled?: Hali, Halee, Hollee, Halea. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.