Hailey
Hayley is an English given name. It is derived from the English surname Haley, which in turn was based on an Old English toponym, a compound of heg "hay" and leah "clearing or meadow".
Meaning & Origin of Hailey
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Hayley is an English given name. It is derived from the English surname Haley, which in turn was based on an Old English toponym, a compound of heg "hay" and leah "clearing or meadow".
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The Story of Hailey
Hailey first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1963, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2003, when 8,798 Haileys were born — ranking #26 that year. As of 2026, Hailey ranks #102 for baby girls with 2,520 births, falling sharply (-21%). In total, more than 184K Haileys have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1960s through the 2020s.
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About the name Hailey
Hailey is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1963 and has accumulated 184K births in the dataset. Hailey's peak popularity came in 2003 when it ranked #19. Use the chart and map above to compare Hailey'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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