Halee
Haley is an English-language surname with three distinct ancestral origins, one English and two Irish.
Meaning & Origin of Halee
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 Halee
Halee first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1974, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2000, when 192 Halees were born — ranking #1,075 that year. As of 2026, Halee ranks #12,120 for baby girls with 7 births, falling sharply (-28%). In total, more than 3K Halees have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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About the name Halee
Halee is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1974 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Halee's peak popularity came in 2000 when it ranked #1,075. Use the chart and map above to compare Halee'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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