Haley

What Haley means

Means “hay field”

Literally, “hay field”

Source: Wiktionary, “Haley” (revision 93671430), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Haley?

US: Falling: down from #279 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 1996, when 9,042 girls got the name (#30 that year). First in the US records in 1890.

How common

• About 1 in 5,119 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 63,320 baby girls in England and Wales 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 ND (1.85 per 1,000 girls), CT (0.78 per 1,000 girls), NE (0.7 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Haley is #861 in the US and #4867 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Haley were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Hailey2,556 US · 115 E&W
• Holly751 US · 285 E&W
• Halo477 US · 20 E&W
• Hayley179 US · 83 E&W
• Hailee163 US · 7 E&W
• Haylee153 US · 3 E&W
• Hala57 US · 41 E&W
• Halley43 US · 9 E&W

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 Haley

Girls

• Taylor#403From the word “tailor”^*
• Brooke#313Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1996, with 6,724 babies; 972 in 2025
• Paige#346possibly “servant”^*
• Leslie#712“garden of hollies”^*
• Shelby#649Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1991, with 10,220 babies; 444 in 2025
• Ashley#164“ash tree + wood, clearing”^*

For a brother

• Devin#548“fortuneteller”^*
• Tyler#219“tiler”^*
• Brandon#261“broom shrub + hill, dune”^*
• Dalton#448Editor’s note Down from #328 in 2015 to #448 in 2025 in the US
• Tanner#475From a surname for “a tanner”^*
• Spencer#360Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1998, with 4,619 babies; 908 in 2025

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 Haley’s. Rank is US 2025.