Girls' name · since 1989
Harleigh
5,272 babies named Harleigh in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,480 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,537 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,272
- born since 1989
- 2010s
- peak decade
5,272 babies have been named Harleigh since 1989, making it today's #1537 girls' name.
Harleigh has 5,272 recorded births among girls since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1537 as of the latest data, more common than 91% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- 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.
- #2,480 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,537 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 5,272 born since 1989
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Harleigh ranks #2,480 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,537 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 5,272 born since 1989, peaking in the 2010s.
- #2,480 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,537 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,272
- born since 1989
- 2010s
- peak decade
Harleigh's 5,272 recorded births place it above 96.57% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
31 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Harleigh compares
5,272 Top 13% higher than 87% 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
Harleigh's all-time total is 14x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Harleigh | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,272 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 312 | 21 | 19,840 |
Harleigh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Harleigh's full recorded timeline at 2007, 75% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 25% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1989, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2017 peak of 312 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Harleigh popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 312
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Harleigh popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2021 (Harleigh as boys' name)
Harleigh by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (2,391 births, 45% of the file).
2010s was Harleigh's strongest decade.
2,391 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Harleigh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 498
1990s
498 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,206 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,391 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,172 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 2,391 births (45% of all-time use).
How Harleigh 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 Harleigh's total volume
Harleigh by state
Where Harleigh concentrates geographically, total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 524 | 9.9% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 276 | 5.2% |
| #3 | Louisiana | | 241 | 4.6% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 236 | 4.5% |
| #5 | Alabama | | 209 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Florida | | 191 | 3.6% |
| #7 | Mississippi | | 171 | 3.2% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 169 | 3.2% |
524 of 5,272 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 31 reporting states.
Harleigh appears in 31 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Harleigh's data
- Harleigh's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (2,391 total births) through the 2020s (1,172) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Harleighs (524 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Harleigh: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
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 Harleigh 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.