Hailey
A girls’ name of Old English origin, meaning hay meadow; form of Hayley.
How Hailey has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #64 |
| 2016 | #68 |
| 2017 | #72 |
| 2018 | #79 |
| 2019 | #76 |
| 2020 | #81 |
| 2021 | #77 |
| 2022 | #80 |
| 2023 | #90 |
| 2024 | #100 |
| 2025 | #104 |
Hailey by the numbers
In 2025, 115 babies in England and Wales were named Hailey. In the US, 3,691 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 8,793 babies in 2003, making it a 2000s name.
At its height, in 2005, about 1 in 240 American girls born that year was called Hailey.
Other names that come from Hayley
Like Hailey, each of these traces back to Hayley: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Hailey. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Hadleyheather field2,726 in the US (2017)
- Harleyhare meadow or rocky meadow366 in England and Wales (2025)
- Haleyhay meadow; dweller in the hay clearing943 in the US (2017)
- Hayleyfrom hay meadow or hay clearing83 in England and Wales (2025)
- Haileehay meadow; a modern respelling of Hailey or Hayley308 in the US (2017)
- Hanleyhigh wood or clearing43 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Hailey
Names that are said the same way as Hailey, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Hailey, each of these has a meadow or field in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
- Savannahgrassy plain; treeless plain5,231 in the US (2017)
- Kinsleyfrom the king's meadow; an English place name used as given name4,048 in the US (2017)
- Haydenvalley with hay3,623 in the US (2017)
- Everlywild boar meadow; form of Everley3,510 in the US (2017)
- Ryleerye clearing; a respelling of Ryley2,971 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Hailey
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