Hayleigh
- Pronunciation
- [Hay-leigh]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- "Variant Of Haleigh, Haley."
- Origin
- American
Hayleigh Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 5,497 baby girls have been named Hayleigh. The name peaked in 2010 with 323 US births that year (rank #832). In 2024, ranked #3595 nationally — 2,763 places below its 2010 peak.
Top States for Hayleigh
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Hayleigh births are: Texas (403), North Carolina (316), Ohio (290).
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8-Letter Names Starting with H
Names with Hayleigh's exact length and starting letter: Hadassah, Hadiyyah, Hadleigh, Hagaleah, Hagalean.
Quick Facts About Hayleigh
US Popularity History (2001–2011)
Annual US births named Hayleigh by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2010 with 323 girls named Hayleigh (girl rank #832 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2011, ranked #833 for girls (317 US births). That's 1 places below its 2010 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Hayleigh Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2010–2019 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Hayleigh the strongest states are West Virginia, Mississippi, North Carolina.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Virginia | #216 | 28 |
| 2 | Mississippi | #466 | 33 |
| 3 | North Carolina | #547 | 114 |
| 4 | Kentucky | #588 | 22 |
| 5 | Colorado | #615 | 26 |
| 6 | Alabama | #622 | 55 |
| 7 | South Carolina | #649 | 20 |
| 8 | Tennessee | #674 | 48 |
| 9 | Missouri | #692 | 26 |
| 10 | Ohio | #696 | 70 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida | #929 | 59 |
| 2 | Virginia | #838 | 33 |
| 3 | Georgia | #822 | 47 |
| 4 | Indiana | #786 | 31 |
| 5 | Michigan | #776 | 30 |
| 6 | Pennsylvania | #734 | 55 |
| 7 | Massachusetts | #713 | 20 |
| 8 | Louisiana | #707 | 40 |
| 9 | Ohio | #696 | 70 |
| 10 | Missouri | #692 | 26 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2010–2019. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Hayleigh in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
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Compare Hayleigh to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Hayleigh against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).