How popular is the name Hailey?

Hailey ranks 102nd among girls' names in US records, with 403,133 births since 1890. Over the past decade it accounts for 46,659.

Is Hailey a unisex name?

No. Hailey is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2003, when 18,804 children were given the name. It has been in use for 135 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Haley, Hayley, Hailie, Halley, Haileigh, Haili, Hailley. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#102 of girl names

Pronounced HH AE1 L IY0 (ARPABET)

Hailey is a girls' name, and first appears in 1890. It has been given to 403,133 children — the 102nd most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 58% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2003, when 18,804 children were given it.

Seven other spellings are counted in that total — Haley, Hayley, Hailie and four more — because they are pronounced identically.

200318,804

These spellings sound identical to Hailey and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Hailey?: Hailey ranks 102nd among girls' names in US records, with 403,133 births since 1890. Over the past decade it accounts for 46,659.
Is Hailey a unisex name?: No. Hailey is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Hailey most popular?: 2003, when 18,804 children were given the name. It has been in use for 135 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Hailey spelled?: Haley, Hayley, Hailie, Halley, Haileigh, Haili, Hailley. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.