Given name
Haleigh
“from the field of hay”
Haleigh is a variant of Haley. One English interpretation is “from the field of hay.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Haleigh is a variant of Haley. One English interpretation is “from the field of hay.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1978. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Haleigh through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 14,293
- 9 boys · 14,284 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 789 babies
- 2025
- 32
- #4,391 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −65%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 32 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,391 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 65.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 789 in 2000. In 2025, Pennsylvania and Texas shared the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 12,104 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Haleigh’s family of names
Haleigh has a related form in Haley.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Haleigh
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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