Haley
Haley is an English given name, which may be either male or female.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Haley
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Haley is an English given name, which may be either male or female.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Haley
Haley first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1890, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2000: 9,069 births, good for #28 nationwide. About 45% of every Haley on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Haley ranks #847 for baby girls with 321 births, falling sharply (-45%). All told, over 160K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Haley
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Haley. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Haley
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About the name Haley
Haley is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1890 and has accumulated 160K births in the dataset. Haley's peak popularity came in 2000 when it ranked #28. Use the chart and map above to compare Haley'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.