# Haley (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/haley/  
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 field” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Haleigh |
| US babies named this | 160,347 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 836 / 159,511 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 217, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Hayley, from Old English. Literally, “hay field”

## 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 | 1,959 | 158 |
| 2012 | 1,711 | 184 |
| 2013 | 1,410 | 229 |
| 2014 | 1,234 | 267 |
| 2015 | 1,135 | 279 |
| 2016 | 1,011 | 323 |
| 2017 | 944 | 343 |
| 2018 | 808 | 385 |
| 2019 | 689 | 452 |
| 2020 | 587 | 516 |
| 2021 | 548 | 562 |
| 2022 | 496 | 604 |
| 2023 | 426 | 684 |
| 2024 | 363 | 775 |
| 2025 | 314 | 861 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 24 | 3,307 |
| 2000 | 31 | 2,882 |
| 2001 | 28 | 3,175 |
| 2002 | 23 | 3,712 |
| 2003 | 18 | 4,497 |
| 2004 | 47 | 2,391 |
| 2005 | 16 | 5,109 |
| 2006 | 10 | 7,621 |
| 2007 | 8 | 9,195 |
| 2008 | 9 | 8,538 |
| 2009 | 6 | 11,484 |
| 2010 | 5 | 12,935 |
| 2011 | 5 | 12,974 |
| 2013 | 5 | 12,802 |
| 2017 | 6 | 11,250 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 5 | 3,860 |
| 2009 | 8 | 2,759 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4,012 |
| 2011 | 10 | 2,432 |
| 2012 | 11 | 2,338 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,583 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3,117 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,970 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,695 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

## People named Haley

- Haley Joel Osment, American actor
- Haley Bennett, American actress and singer (born 1988)
- Haley Lu Richardson, American actress
- Haley Reinhart, American singer and actor
- Haley Ramm, American actress
- Haley Webb, American actress
- Haley Anderson, American swimmer, Olympic silver medalist, world champion
- Haley Hudson, American actress
- Haley Tju, American teen actress and voice actress
- Haley Batten, American cyclist
- Haley Cope, American swimmer, Olympic silver medalist, world champion, former world record-holder
- Haley Pullos, American actress

## 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.