Haleigh
Haley is an English-language surname with three distinct ancestral origins, one English and two Irish.
Meaning & Origin of Haleigh
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Haley is an English-language surname with three distinct ancestral origins, one English and two Irish.
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The Story of Haleigh
Haleigh first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1978, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2000, when 789 Haleighs were born — ranking #372 that year. As of 2026, Haleigh ranks #4,762 for baby girls with 28 births, falling sharply (-63%). In total, more than 14K Haleighs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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About the name Haleigh
Haleigh is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1978 and has accumulated 14K births in the dataset. Haleigh's peak popularity came in 2000 when it ranked #372. Use the chart and map above to compare Haleigh's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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