Hayleigh — #3602 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Hayleigh

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,497 babies named Hayleigh between 1986 and 2024, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hayleigh currently holds the #3602 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 323 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hayleigh performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 2,460 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Hayleigh shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 403 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Hayleigh in 35 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hayleigh 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 5,497 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.