Halley Girl
How popular is Halley?
#3,516 girl name in 2025
43 baby girls were named Halley in the US in 2025, making it the 3516th most popular girl name.
Halley popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,516 for girls (▼ 794 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 43 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (0% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,595 in 2015, #4,004 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1986 (333 girls) |
| Highest rank | #580 in 1986 |
| First recorded | 1910 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Halley 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 Halley is most popular
Babies named Halley per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Georgia: 0.0 per 1,000 (8 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (25 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (21 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Halley by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 16 | #1,421 |
| 1920s | 7 | #4,027 |
| 1940s | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1950s | 7 | #4,917 |
| 1960s | 46 | #3,609 |
| 1970s | 126 | #3,485 |
| 1980s | 757 | #580 |
| 1990s | 1,314 | #1,052 |
| 2000s | 1,110 | #1,132 |
| 2010s | 450 | #2,905 |
| 2020s | 274 | #2,722 |
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Questions
- Is Halley a boy or girl name?
- Halley is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Halley were girls.
- How popular is the name Halley?
- 43 baby girls were named Halley in the US in 2025, making it the 3516th most popular girl name.
- When was Halley most popular?
- Halley peaked in 1986, when 333 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #580 in 1986.
- How many people are named Halley?
- 4,238 babies have been named Halley in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,067 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 28.
- Where is Halley most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Halley was most common in Georgia, at 0.0 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.