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Haile

boy name
Origin
Amharic
Syllables
2
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

power, might (Haile Selassie, Haile Gebrselassie)

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890srare in US records2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Haile has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.

See popularity in Brazil

Popularity in Brazil

102 people · the #40,709 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 24

2010s

Among people named Haile living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.

Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

When you meet Haile

Most people given the name Haile in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

Names that fit alongside Haile

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The Haile deep dive

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Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Haile truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Haile fits with your family’s names and surname.

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