Hayleigh

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Hayleigh: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Hayleigh: Recorded since 1991, it reached #226 in 1997, and it stood at #544 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
54times a registrar ranked it
35years from first to last
#226highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#500
1997	#445
1998	#724
1999	#1473
2000	#1250
2001	#1439
2002	#1066
2003	#1472
2004	#1952
2005	#1690
2006	#1748
2007	#1741
2008	#1516
2009	#1596
2010	#2589
2011	#2432
2012	#2338
2013	#4050
2014	#2862
2015	#3615
2016	#2966
2018	#3985
2019	#3151
2022	#5669
2023	#3598
2024	#3695

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 25 of the 35 years from 1991 to 2025.

In 2024: #504 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #790 among girls in Scotland, #3695 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1991–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1991
First recorded at #515 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1991 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1991–2025
Highest recorded position: #226 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1997 (recorded 1991–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #544 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Hayleigh appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 26 ranked years and 395 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1991.

Hayleigh across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Hayleigh's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#515 (1991)	#226 (1997)	#544 (2025)	25 of 35	160 (1991–2025)	19 (1997)
England and Wales · Girls	#500 (1996)	#445 (1997)	#3695 (2024)	26 of 29	395 (1996–2024)	66 (1997)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#271 (1997)	#271 (1997)	#370 (2013)	2 of 17	9 (1997–2013)	5 (1997)

Hayleigh by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Hayleigh in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	164	4 of 10	41
2000sbusiest	147	10 of 10	15
2010s	69	9 of 10	8
2020s	15	3 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 15 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1997 and 1998, when recorded births fell by 34, from 66 to 32.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Hayleigh appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1991 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #226 in Republic of Ireland in 1997.

Hayleigh's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3695	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3598	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2966	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2862	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2338	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2432	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2589	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1596	17	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1516	18	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1741	14	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1748	13	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1690	13	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1952	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1472	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1066	20	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1439	13	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1250	15	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1473	12	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#724	32	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#445	66	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#500	54	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#370	4	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#271	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#544	6	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#504	7	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#625	5	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	7	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#621	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#474	8	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#651	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#459	9	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#398	12	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#539	7	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#549	6	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#431	8	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	5	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	5	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#536	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	5	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#226	19	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#316	9	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#329	8	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#448	4	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#790	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1991 and 2025, ranked in 32 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #226, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 66 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 33 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Joni · #227, 30y
Lennie · #224, 30y
Roxy · #224, 28y
Skyler · #228, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aman · #226, 29y
Cathaoir · #226, 21y
Alanah · #225, 31y
Alaya · #225, 26y

Hayleigh was ranked #226 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1997. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Hayleigh and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Hayleigh without appearing here.

Hayleigh moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3985 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3151 and #5591.
Donna Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5669 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3598 and #5687.
Brittany Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5669 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #4843.
Karen Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5669 and #4645 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #4843.

Moved ahead of Hayleigh

Rory Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3151 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #5669 and #1452.
Arlo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3151 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #5669 and #1849.
Yvonne Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3151 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #5669 and #1849.
Mona Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3151 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #5669 and #1948.

Moved the opposite way to Hayleigh

Nina Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Hayleigh went from #329 to #544 while Nina went from #502 to #112.
Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hayleigh went from #500 to #3695 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hayleigh went from #500 to #3695 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hayleigh went from #500 to #3695 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.

Moved the same way as Hayleigh

May Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Hayleigh went from #329 to #544 and May from #502 to #718.
Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hayleigh went from #500 to #3695 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hayleigh went from #500 to #3695 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hayleigh went from #500 to #3695 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1991 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #226 in Republic of Ireland in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Hayleigh

Hayleigh at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Hayleigh across 3 official records

Hayleigh by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Hayleigh appears in

Popularity data

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Hayleigh at a glance

Hayleigh across 3 official records

Hayleigh by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Hayleigh appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Hayleigh

Hayleigh and the names beside it

Hayleigh moved ahead of

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