# Hayley (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hayley/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English. (More often spelled Haley.)

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 603 |
| US rank (2010) | 37,029 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 512,016 people |
| Change since 2000 | -6.5% (645 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈheɪli/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Hailey, Haley, Hailie, Haylee, Hayleigh, Haylie, Hayle |

## Etymology

Localities in England, from Old English hēg (“hay”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”). Equivalent to hay + -ley (“lea”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hayley in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 81% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Similar surnames

Hale, Haley, Hawley, Healey, Hoyle, Hailey, Haile, Halley, Halle, Hill, Hall, Howell.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.