Heily

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 30 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
30
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Heily by the numbers

Heily was given to 30 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 54 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Heily

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 Heily. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Heidyof noble birth; form of Heidi126 in the US (2017)
  • Henlyhigh wood or clearing5 in the US (2017)
  • Haily26 in the US (2017)
  • Heilyn8 in the US (2017)
  • Haileyhay meadow; form of Hayley3,691 in the US (2017)
  • Heidiof noble birth; a form of Adelaide376 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Heily

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

  • Heliascending; a biblical name6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Heily

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