Hazeleigh
Hazeleigh is a village and civil parish on the Dengie peninsula in the English county of Essex. It lies 2.6 miles south-west of Maldon. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 121. Hazeleigh shares a grouped parish council with the neighbouring parish of Woodham Mortimer.
Meaning & Origin of Hazeleigh
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Hazeleigh is a village and civil parish on the Dengie peninsula in the English county of Essex. It lies 2.6 miles south-west of Maldon. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 121. Hazeleigh shares a grouped parish council with the neighbouring parish of Woodham Mortimer.
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The Story of Hazeleigh
Hazeleigh first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 2013, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2022, when 42 Hazeleighs were born — ranking #3,648 that year. As of 2026, Hazeleigh ranks #4,184 for baby girls with 34 births, rising sharply (+61% over the past five years). In total, more than 311 Hazeleighs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2010s through the 2020s.
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About the name Hazeleigh
Hazeleigh is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2013 and has accumulated 311 births in the dataset. Hazeleigh's peak popularity came in 2022 when it ranked #3,648. Use the chart and map above to compare Hazeleigh's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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- 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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