Harleigh
Harleigh is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Harleigh
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Harleigh is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Harleigh
American parents first put Harleigh on the record books as a baby girl name in 1989, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2017, when 312 Harleighs were born — ranking #876 that year. The 2010s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 44% of all recorded Harleighs. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #1,581 among baby girl names with 133 births, falling sharply (-39%). In total, more than 5K Harleighs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Harleigh
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Names that sound like Harleigh
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About the name Harleigh
Harleigh is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1989 and has accumulated 5K births in the dataset. Harleigh's peak popularity came in 2017 when it ranked #875. Use the chart and map above to compare Harleigh'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.