Baby name

Haley

Girl

Origin of the name

Haley was first an English place name and surname, from words meaning “hay clearing.”

Short-lived name

Haley peaked in 2000, when 1 baby in 417 was given the name. The decline was steep: births are now 95% below the peak. Its rank in 2025: No. 861. 45% of all babies named Haley since 1880 were born in the 1990s.

159,511births since 1880

2000sgeneration

No. 28rank at its peak, in 2000

Where babies named Haley are born

2000

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The darker the blue, the more common Haley is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Haley is most common in Alabama (1.9 times), Kentucky (1.9) and Arkansas (1.8), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Hailey 181,434
Hayley 51,403
Hadley 46,595
Harley 31,167
Kaley 13,682
Halley 4,112

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