The Haight surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,929 people carried this name — #5,062 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 42,600 people counted. That is up 3% from 6,739 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Haight surname

From Old English hēahþu (“height”), a topographic surname for someone who lived at the top of a hill.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Haight» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

121 families named Haight, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 789 people lived in those households, 6.5 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 4 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

New York 95
Connecticut 21
New Hampshire 2
Maine 1
Vermont 1
Massachusetts 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 243 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Haight in American newspapers,
1902–1916.

Newspaper page from Missouri Valley Times carrying the name Haight
Missouri Valley Times 1916-08-17
Newspaper page from Omaha Daily Bee carrying the name Haight
Omaha Daily Bee 1902-01-29
Newspaper page from Omaha Daily Bee carrying the name Haight
Omaha Daily Bee 1902-01-30

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 85,065 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Haight in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1960s.

258 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Haight. The most, 115, date from the 1910s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Western Australia, at 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 76
Victoria 59
Queensland 44
Western Australia 33
South Australia 24
Tasmania 16
ACT (Canberra) 5
Northern Territory 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Haight.

Who carried it

People named Haight,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Russell K. Haight Jr. d. 2006 · military personnel
  • John Haight 1738–1819
  • Nicholas Haight 1760–1818
  • Jacob Haight 1775–1860 · politician
  • David Lane Haight 1775–1851
  • Samuel S. Haight 1778–1863

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Haight,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,190 records

1,190 records of the Haight name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 506
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 237
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 216
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 125
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 77
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 20
  • Sacramento County historic burials 4
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 3
  • New York State police and firefighter memorial rolls 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Gilbert H. Haight

    Born 1922 in New York. Enlisted 1942 at Rochester; farm hand from Yates County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1993, buried at Bath National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Stephen Harold Haight

    Born 1949; from Cazenovia, New York. U.S. Army, utility helicopter repairer; killed in action 1970 in Vinh Binh, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Alfred Haight

    Arrived at New York in 1857 aboard the Empire State from Liverpool, aged 25; laborer. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 1,190 records for Haight in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · New York State, Open NY (police and firefighter memorial rolls) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada153 records

153 records of the Haight name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 129
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 12
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 4
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 4
  • City of Waterloo (Ontario) cemetery records 2
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Albert Haight

    Died 1987, aged 47; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Lucy Jane Haight

    Died 1917 in Barton, Digby, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record George Edward Haight

    Died in service in 1917.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 153 records for Haight in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia3 records

3 records of the Haight name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record G. R. Haight

    Sailed from Victoria in 1864 aboard the City of Adelaide I, bound for Sydney, aged 25.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 3 records for Haight in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Haight name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Margaret Luly Haight

    In the population register of 's-Gravenhage; born 1896 in Brocton.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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