Hayley
A girls’ name of Old English origin, meaning from hay meadow or hay clearing.
How Hayley has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #548 |
| 2016 | #624 |
| 2017 | #611 |
| 2018 | #631 |
| 2019 | #699 |
| 2020 | #674 |
| 2021 | #704 |
| 2022 | #829 |
| 2023 | #972 |
Hayley by the numbers
In 2025, 83 babies in England and Wales were named Hayley. In the US, 492 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 2,617 babies in 1993, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
Names that come from Hayley
Forms of Hayley in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean 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 Hayley. 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)
- Haleyhay meadow; dweller in the hay clearing943 in the US (2017)
- Hayleehay meadow; a form of Hayley520 in the US (2017)
- Hanleyhigh wood or clearing43 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Hayley
Names that are said the same way as Hayley, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- 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)
- Hallee36 in the US (2017)
- Haileigh29 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Hayley, 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 Hayley
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