Haley
A girls’ name of Old English origin, meaning hay meadow; dweller in the hay clearing.
How Haley has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #279 |
| 2016 | #323 |
| 2017 | #343 |
| 2018 | #385 |
| 2019 | #452 |
| 2020 | #518 |
| 2021 | #562 |
| 2022 | #603 |
| 2023 | #687 |
| 2024 | #779 |
| 2025 | #861 |
Haley by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Haley. In the US, 943 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 9,070 babies in 2000, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 2000, about 1 in 220 American girls born that year was called Haley.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Haley. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Haileyhay meadow; form of Hayley3,691 in the US (2017)
- Hadleyheather field2,726 in the US (2017)
- Harleyhare meadow or rocky meadow366 in England and Wales (2025)
- Hayleyfrom hay meadow or hay clearing83 in England and Wales (2025)
- Hanleyhigh wood or clearing43 in the US (2017)
- Halleyremote wood; a form of Haley9 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Haley
Names that are said the same way as Haley, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Hayleehay meadow; a form of Hayley520 in the US (2017)
- Haileehay meadow; a modern respelling of Hailey or Hayley308 in the US (2017)
- Haleighhall clearing; a modern spelling of Haley128 in the US (2017)
- Hayleigha form of Hayley; hay meadow105 in the US (2017)
- Hallee36 in the US (2017)
- Haileigh29 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Haley, 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 Haley
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