Recorded 1988–2017 Girls' name Peak 2005 400 births

Haliegh — girls' name

400 babies named Haliegh in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s51990s1492000s2102010s36
2000s
Peak decade

53% of everyone ever named Haliegh was born in this single decade.

2005
Single peak year

26 babies were named Haliegh in 2005 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Haliegh

The Social Security Administration has registered 400 babies named Haliegh between 1988 and 2017, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Haliegh currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Haliegh performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 210 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Haliegh shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Haliegh in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Haliegh in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 400 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Haliegh at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

400

Since 1988

30 years of records

Peak year

2005

26 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

1988

Recorded for 30 years

Last year on file: 2017

Haliegh popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1988

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2005)
26
Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
051015202530 2017200920052001199719931988 5

Haliegh by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
210 births that decade — 53% of Haliegh's all-time total
1980s51990s1492000s2102010s36

Haliegh by state

Where Haliegh concentrates geographically — total births since 1988

Geographically diffuse
Top 2 states by recorded births for the name Haliegh
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
6 1.5%
#2 Ohio
5 1.3%
Texas share of Haliegh's total US births 1.5%
Even split

6 of 400 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Haliegh?
400 babies have been named Haliegh since 1988. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2005 with 26 births.
When was Haliegh most popular?
Haliegh was most popular in the 2000s decade with 210 total births. The single peak year was 2005.
Where is Haliegh most popular?
The top states for the name Haliegh are Texas (6 births), Ohio (5 births).
How long has the name Haliegh been used?
Haliegh has been recorded in Social Security data since 1988, spanning 30 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Haliegh?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Haley, Hallie, Halle, Haleigh, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1988–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.