Harleigh Girl

How popular is Harleigh?

#1,534 girl name in 2025

138 baby girls were named Harleigh in the US in 2025, making it the 1534th most popular girl name.

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5,241living people named Harleigh (est.)
12median age of people named Harleigh
5,277babies named Harleigh since 1880
1 in 24,024US babies born in 2025

Harleigh popularity over time

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Boys Girls

Rank in 2025#1,534 for girls (▼ 50 from 2024)
Babies in 2025138 girls
10-year trendFalling (-45% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#1,049 in 2015, #992 in 2020
Peak year2017 (312 girls)
Highest rank#874 in 2018
First recorded1989
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)0% boys, 100% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Harleigh counting every spelling

Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Harley family of names ranked #273 for girls in 2025 (#255 the year before), with 1,215 babies in all.

SpellingGirls in 2025Share
Harley 748 62%
Harlee 237 20%
Harleigh 138 11%
Harlie 70 6%
Harli 22 2%

Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.

Where Harleigh is most popular

Babies named Harleigh per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.

  1. Mississippi: 0.9 per 1,000 (44 girls)
  2. Louisiana: 0.5 per 1,000 (48 girls)
  3. Alabama: 0.5 per 1,000 (50 girls)
  4. Arkansas: 0.5 per 1,000 (25 girls)
  5. Georgia: 0.2 per 1,000 (48 girls)

Harleigh by decade

DecadeBaby girlsBest rank
1980s5#12,356
1990s498#1,686
2000s1,206#1,396
2010s2,391#874
2020s1,172#992

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Questions

Is Harleigh a boy or girl name?
Harleigh is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Harleigh were girls.
How popular is the name Harleigh?
138 baby girls were named Harleigh in the US in 2025, making it the 1534th most popular girl name.
When was Harleigh most popular?
Harleigh peaked in 2017, when 312 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #874 in 2018.
How many people are named Harleigh?
5,277 babies have been named Harleigh in the US since 1880. We estimate about 5,241 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
Where is Harleigh most popular?
From 2021 to 2025, Harleigh was most common in Mississippi, at 0.9 of every 1,000 girls born there.

Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.