Halleigh — #11495 US girls' name
332 babies named Halleigh in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 35% of names given to girls today.
44% of everyone ever named Halleigh was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Halleigh in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Halleigh
The Social Security Administration has registered 332 babies named Halleigh between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Halleigh currently holds the #11495 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Halleigh performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 146 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Halleigh shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Halleigh in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Halleigh 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 332 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.
Halleigh at a glance
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Current rank
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Halleigh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1995
- Peak year (2009)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
Currently ranks #11495 among girls.
332 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 25 births in a single year.
Halleigh by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 146 births that decade — 44% of Halleigh's all-time total
Halleigh decade highlights
- Peak decade 146 births
- Runner-up 128 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Halleigh's strongest decade
146 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
Halleigh by state
Where Halleigh concentrates geographically — total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 6 | 1.8% |
6 of 332 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- North Carolina 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
North Carolina accounts for 1.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1995–2024 (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.