Hailey

What Hailey means

Means “hay + clearing”

From Old English hīeġ (“hay”) + lēah (“clearing”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Hailey” (revision 92534201), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Hailey?

US: Falling: down from #64 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1324 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2003, when 8,798 girls got the name (#26 that year). First in the US records in 1963.

How common

• About 1 in 629 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,202 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 639 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in DE (3.99 per 1,000 girls), MA (3.87 per 1,000 girls), HI (3.73 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Hailey is #104 in the US and #371 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.8% of US babies named Hailey were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Haley314 US · 4 E&W
• Hayley179 US · 83 E&W
• Hailee163 US · 7 E&W
• Haylee153 US · 3 E&W
• Halley43 US · 9 E&W
• Hallee43 US
• Holley40 US
• Heily32 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Hailey

Girls

• Madison#40Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1970, with 5 babies
• Makenzie#700Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #210 in 2015, #700 in 2025
• Kaylee#255Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #61 in 2015, #255 in 2025
• Macy#718Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2003, with 1,483 babies; 390 in 2025
• Makenna#593Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2005, with 1,619 babies; 495 in 2025
• Mckenna#410Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1972, with 5 babies

For a brother

• Peyton#683Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2007, with 3,375 babies; 398 in 2025
• Riley#207“rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Cole#182“coal, coal-black”^*
• Hayden#161“hay + valley”^*
• Davis#668Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #668 vs #5,137 in 2025
• Quinn#466“descendant of Chief”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Hailey’s. Rank is US 2025.