Hailey Girl
How popular is Hailey?
#104 girl name in 2025
2,556 baby girls were named Hailey in the US in 2025, making it the 104th most popular girl name. Another 5 boys got the name (#12,004 for boys).
Hailey popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #104 for girls (▼ 4 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 2,556 girls, 5 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-40% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #64 in 2015, #81 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2003 (8,798 girls) |
| Highest rank | #19 in 2010 |
| First recorded | 1963 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Hailey counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Hailey family of names ranked #83 for girls in 2025 (#75 the year before), with 3,753 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hailey | 2,556 | 68% |
| Haley | 314 | 8% |
| Hayley | 179 | 5% |
| Haylee | 153 | 4% |
| Hailee | 163 | 4% |
| Hailie | 125 | 3% |
| Haleigh | 32 | 1% |
| Haylie | 37 | 1% |
| Hayleigh | 28 | 1% |
| Halley | 43 | 1% |
| Hallee | 43 | 1% |
| Hali | 25 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Hailey is most popular
Babies named Hailey per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Hawaii: 4.8 per 1,000 (55 girls)
- Delaware: 4.8 per 1,000 (54 girls)
- Connecticut: 4.5 per 1,000 (263 girls)
- New Jersey: 4.2 per 1,000 (752 girls)
- New Mexico: 3.6 per 1,000 (88 girls)
Hailey by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25 | #5,808 |
| 1970s | 397 | #1,146 |
| 1980s | 3,589 | #338 |
| 1990s | 30,303 | #54 |
| 2000s | 81,990 | #23 |
| 2010s | 47,751 | #19 |
| 2020s | 17,379 | #77 |
Girl names about as popular as Hailey
Questions
- Is Hailey a boy or girl name?
- Hailey is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Hailey were girls.
- How popular is the name Hailey?
- 2,556 baby girls were named Hailey in the US in 2025, making it the 104th most popular girl name. Another 5 boys got the name (#12,004 for boys).
- When was Hailey most popular?
- Hailey peaked in 2003, when 8,798 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #19 in 2010.
- How many people are named Hailey?
- 181,710 babies have been named Hailey in the US since 1880. We estimate about 180,005 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 20.
- Where is Hailey most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Hailey was most common in Hawaii, at 4.8 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.