# Hailey (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/hailey/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “hay”, “clearing” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈheɪli/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Hayley, Haley, Hailie, Halie, Haylie, Haileigh, Hayleigh, Haylee, Hailee, Haliey |
| US babies named this | 181,710 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 276 / 181,434 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,116, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Old English hīeġ (“hay”) + lēah (“clearing”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6,282 | 32 |
| 2012 | 5,917 | 32 |
| 2013 | 5,031 | 43 |
| 2014 | 4,619 | 51 |
| 2015 | 4,251 | 64 |
| 2016 | 3,947 | 68 |
| 2017 | 3,712 | 72 |
| 2018 | 3,474 | 79 |
| 2019 | 3,491 | 76 |
| 2020 | 3,157 | 81 |
| 2021 | 3,248 | 77 |
| 2022 | 3,005 | 79 |
| 2023 | 2,786 | 90 |
| 2024 | 2,627 | 100 |
| 2025 | 2,556 | 104 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 12 | 5,851 |
| 2003 | 10 | 6,900 |
| 2004 | 40 | 2,662 |
| 2005 | 10 | 7,309 |
| 2006 | 16 | 5,388 |
| 2007 | 10 | 7,792 |
| 2008 | 7 | 10,253 |
| 2009 | 12 | 6,959 |
| 2010 | 5 | 12,932 |
| 2011 | 8 | 9,044 |
| 2013 | 9 | 8,348 |
| 2015 | 9 | 8,274 |
| 2020 | 5 | 12,738 |
| 2023 | 6 | 11,327 |
| 2025 | 5 | 12,689 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 27 | 1,196 |
| 2012 | 31 | 1,099 |
| 2013 | 23 | 1,400 |
| 2014 | 18 | 1,628 |
| 2015 | 25 | 1,324 |
| 2016 | 32 | 1,086 |
| 2017 | 27 | 1,258 |
| 2018 | 44 | 843 |
| 2019 | 53 | 724 |
| 2020 | 62 | 617 |
| 2021 | 84 | 501 |
| 2022 | 99 | 427 |
| 2023 | 112 | 373 |
| 2024 | 109 | 395 |
| 2025 | 115 | 371 |

## People named Hailey

- Hailey Bieber, American model and television personality
- Hailey Baptiste, American tennis player (born 2001)
- Hailey Van Lith, American basketball player (born 2001)
- Hailey Duke, American alpine skier
- Hailey Swirbul, American cross-country skier
- Hailey Kilgore, American actress and singer
- Hailey Clauson, American model
- Hailey Langland, American sports person

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.