Girls' name · since 1989
Haileigh
1,833 babies named Haileigh in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,986 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,554 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,833
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
1,833 babies have been named Haileigh since 1989, making it today's #15554 girls' name.
Haileigh has 1,833 recorded births among girls since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15554 as of the latest data, more common than 10% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2025.
- #4,986 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,554 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,833 born since 1989
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Haileigh ranks #4,986 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,554 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,833 born since 1989, peaking in the 2000s.
- #4,986 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,554 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,833
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Haileigh's 1,833 recorded births place it above 93.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
19 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Haileigh compares
1,833 Top 24% higher than 76% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Haileigh's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Haileigh | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,833 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 115 | 21 | 19,840 |
Haileigh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Haileigh's full recorded timeline at 2007, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2025, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2002 peak of 115 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Haileigh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2025
- Peak year (2002)
- 115
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Haileigh by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (965 births, 53% of the file).
2000s was Haileigh's strongest decade.
965 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Haileigh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 8
1980s
8 births
- 1990s 334
1990s
334 births
- 2000s
2000s
965 births
- 2010s
2010s
456 births
- 2020s 70
2020s
70 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 965 births (53% of all-time use).
How Haileigh compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Haileigh's total volume
Haileigh by state
Where Haileigh concentrates geographically, total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 106 | 5.8% |
| #2 | Florida | | 76 | 4.1% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 55 | 3.0% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 47 | 2.6% |
| #5 | California | | 44 | 2.4% |
| #6 | New York | | 38 | 2.1% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 33 | 1.8% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 26 | 1.4% |
106 of 1,833 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Haileigh appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Haileigh's data
- Haileigh's decade-level peak was the 2000s (965 total births); usage has since declined to 70 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Haileighs (106 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Haileigh: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~36 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1989–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Haileigh draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.