Haylei

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Haylei by the numbers

Haylei was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 64 babies in 2005, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Haylei

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Haylei. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Hayleehay meadow; a form of Hayley520 in the US (2017)
  • Hayleyfrom hay meadow or hay clearing83 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Harleihare meadow; modern spelling of Harley33 in the US (2017)
  • Haylen72 in the US (2017)
  • Hayli18 in the US (2017)
  • Hadlei9 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Haylei

Names that are said the same way as Haylei, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Haileyhay meadow; form of Hayley3,691 in the US (2017)
  • Haleyhay meadow; dweller in the hay clearing943 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)
  • Halleyremote wood; a form of Haley9 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Haylei

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