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    The surname Hailey

    An English surname, carried by 8,327 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈheɪli/ 2 syllables Soundex H400 Also a first name

    Hailey: #4,256 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hailey #4,256, 8,327 people Hailey: #4,256 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hailey #4,256, 8,327 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hailey is more common than 97.4% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 8,327 people named Hailey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,078 Americans. That is up 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,008.

    #4,256
    rank among US surnames
    8,327
    people in 2010
    2.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +18.8%
    change since 2000 (was #4,627)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,247Damron8,35436,958
    #4,248Williford8,35236,967
    #4,249Lovejoy8,35136,971
    #4,250Lister8,35036,976
    #4,251Gaddy8,34237,011
    #4,252Southerland8,33637,038
    #4,253Wick8,33337,051

    Who is named Hailey

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    62% of people named Hailey identified as white (not Hispanic), 32% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 62%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 32%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Hayley
    • Haley
    • Hailie
    • Halie
    • Haylie
    • Haileigh
    • Hayleigh
    • Haylee
    • Hailee

    Surnames that sound like Hailey

    Hailey has the Soundex code H400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H400.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hailey come from?
    From Old English hīeġ (“hay”) + lēah (“clearing”).
    How common is the surname Hailey?
    8,327 people in the United States had the surname Hailey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,078 Americans. It ranked 4,256th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hailey?
    In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Hailey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 32% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Hailey?
    Hailey is /ˈheɪli/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Hailey getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,008 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,327 in 2010, up 19%.
    What are other spellings of Hailey?
    Hayley, Haley, Hailie, Halie, Haylie and Haileigh.
    Is Hailey also a first name?
    Yes. Hailey is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.