Fun Facts About the Name Hailey
- More than 181 thousand babies named Hailey: U.S. records list 181,683 babies given the name Hailey from 1880 through 2025. Even 276 boys received the name Hailey - about 1 boy for every 657 girls.
What Does the Name Hailey Mean?
Hailey is an English name meaning "hay meadow" or "hay clearing." It is built from the Old English elements hēg (also written hæg), meaning "hay," and lēah, meaning "woodland clearing" or "meadow." The name began as a surname taken from English places such as Hailey in Oxfordshire, and it described someone who lived at or came from such a clearing. A separate surname, Haley, is sometimes an anglicized form of the Irish Ó hÉalaighthe, a Munster family name usually glossed as "descendant of the learned one." That Irish source is distinct from the English "hay meadow" meaning, and the two are often wrongly merged because they sound alike.
Hailey Name History & Origins
Hailey started as an English surname drawn from place names. A name of the hēg-lēah type marked a meadow where hay was cut or a clearing in woodland used for hay, and several English villages carry the name, including Hailey in Oxfordshire. A separate Irish surname, Haley or Healy, descends from the Gaelic family name Ó hÉalaighthe. The two traditions are unrelated in origin, though they are frequently treated as one name today.
The move from surname to given name happened in the English-speaking world during the 20th century. The spelling Hayley is the established British form, borne by the actress Hayley Mills (born 1946); Hailey and Haley are the more frequent American spellings. Other spellings used as girls' names include Hailee and Haylee.
The name also exists as a place name outside England. Hailey, Idaho, was named for John Hailey, a 19th-century Idaho politician and congressional delegate. The name's use rests on this English place-name and surname background rather than on any single religious or literary source.
How Popular is the Name Hailey?
Hailey recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2003. Hailey entered the top 100 U.S. girl names in 1996.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #104 | 2,556 | 0.1590% |
| 2024 | #100 | 2,620 | 0.1624% |
| 2023 | #90 | 2,782 | 0.1736% |
| 2022 | #80 | 3,002 | 0.1832% |
| 2021 | #77 | 3,247 | 0.1980% |
| 2020 | #81 | 3,155 | 0.1953% |
| 2019 | #76 | 3,489 | 0.2080% |
| 2018 | #79 | 3,474 | 0.2043% |
| 2017 | #72 | 3,711 | 0.2150% |
| 2016 | #68 | 3,946 | 0.2228% |
| 2015 | #64 | 4,251 | 0.2382% |
| 2014 | #51 | 4,619 | 0.2586% |
| 2013 | #43 | 5,030 | 0.2867% |
| 2012 | #32 | 5,917 | 0.3361% |
| 2011 | #32 | 6,282 | 0.3572% |
| 2010 | #19 | 7,025 | 0.3953% |
| 2009 | #25 | 7,324 | 0.3987% |
| 2008 | #25 | 7,871 | 0.4163% |
| 2007 | #23 | 8,439 | 0.4390% |
| 2006 | #25 | 8,423 | 0.4431% |
| 2005 | #26 | 8,595 | 0.4652% |
| 2004 | #24 | 8,685 | 0.4730% |
| 2003 | #26 | 8,798 | 0.4815% |
| 2002 | #31 | 7,992 | 0.4448% |
| 2001 | #33 | 8,032 | 0.4461% |
| 2000 | #35 | 7,829 | 0.4311% |
| 1999 | #54 | 5,369 | 0.3027% |
| 1998 | #70 | 4,472 | 0.2531% |
| 1997 | #80 | 4,148 | 0.2383% |
| 1996 | #93 | 3,763 | 0.2147% |
| 1995 | #111 | 2,965 | 0.1686% |
| 1994 | #119 | 2,687 | 0.1505% |
| 1993 | #130 | 2,531 | 0.1399% |
| 1992 | #160 | 1,914 | 0.1038% |
| 1991 | #196 | 1,506 | 0.0803% |
| 1990 | #293 | 946 | 0.0498% |
| 1989 | #339 | 752 | 0.0408% |
| 1988 | #363 | 673 | 0.0378% |
| 1987 | #415 | 537 | 0.0309% |
| 1986 | #472 | 454 | 0.0265% |
| 1985 | #538 | 370 | 0.0215% |
| 1984 | #724 | 227 | 0.0135% |
| 1983 | #844 | 182 | 0.0109% |
| 1982 | #895 | 170 | 0.0100% |
| 1981 | #1,010 | 144 | 0.0086% |
| 1980 | #1,486 | 81 | 0.0049% |
| 1979 | #1,435 | 85 | 0.0053% |
| 1978 | #1,223 | 102 | 0.0067% |
| 1977 | #1,149 | 110 | 0.0072% |
| 1976 | #3,214 | 22 | 0.0015% |
| 1975 | #2,995 | 24 | 0.0016% |
| 1974 | #4,304 | 14 | 0.0010% |
| 1973 | #5,720 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1972 | #4,892 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1971 | #4,913 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1970 | #5,542 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1969 | #6,177 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1968 | #6,515 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1966 | #6,057 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1963 | #6,122 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #12,689 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2023 | #11,315 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2020 | #12,731 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2015 | #8,272 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2013 | #8,348 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2011 | #9,044 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2010 | #12,931 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2009 | #6,957 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2008 | #10,253 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #7,792 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2006 | #5,388 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2005 | #7,308 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2004 | #2,662 | 40 | 0.0020% |
| 2003 | #6,899 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2002 | #5,851 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2001 | #7,805 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2000 | #5,387 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1999 | #7,406 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1997 | #7,572 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1996 | #5,695 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1995 | #8,167 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #4,900 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1993 | #7,998 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1992 | #8,914 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #8,675 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1989 | #5,325 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1988 | #7,698 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1987 | #6,398 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1923 | #4,500 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1922 | #3,667 | 7 | 0.0006% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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