first name
HAYLEIGH
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,421 people named Hayleigh, 80.6% reported their origin as White, 6.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.6% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Hayleigh peaked in 2010, when 323 babies got the name.
At least 5,527 babies have been given the name since 1986. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Hayleigh by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,762. The largest share of babies named Hayleigh, 67.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Hayleigh is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Hayleigh has been most common in North Carolina (2.9×), Florida (2×), and Alabama (2×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.49×).
3,777 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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