Haeli
Haley is an English-language surname with three distinct ancestral origins, one English and two Irish.
Meaning & Origin of Haeli
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Haley is an English-language surname with three distinct ancestral origins, one English and two Irish.
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The Story of Haeli
Haeli first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1987, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2002, when 19 Haelis were born — ranking #5,897 that year. As of 2026, Haeli ranks #16,416 for baby girls with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 231 Haelis have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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About the name Haeli
Haeli is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1987 and has accumulated 231 births in the dataset. Haeli's peak popularity came in 2002 when it ranked #5,897. Use the chart and map above to compare Haeli's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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