Hailey
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Meaning
"hay meadow," from the surname Hayley and the English villages behind it; barely used as a first name before the 1960s, then a chart-climber with a dozen spellings, of which Hailey leads in the US. Fresh-air sound, minimal baggage
The story
Hailey started life as an English place name, the hay meadow, attached to a handful of villages and then to the families who came from them. As a girls' first name it was essentially unknown before the 1960s, when the young British actress Hayley Mills became a household face; American parents seem to have heard the name through her, though the early numbers were tiny. The real surge came later and belonged to this spelling: Hailey entered the US records in the 1970s, gathered pace through the 1990s, and held near its peak through the 2000s and 2010s. Along the way the name splintered into a dozen spellings, with Hailey now the clear American leader. What survives all the variation is the sound itself: light, fresh-aired, and rural in the pleasantest way, a meadow that fits on a birth certificate.
Hailey's name family
One shared root links 4 names in English.
Shared root: from an Old English place name and surname, "hay meadow"; one modern given name in many spellings
The family
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How popular is Hailey around the world?
In the United States, 17,395 babies were named Hailey between 2020 and 2025. In Ireland, 62 girls named Hailey were born in 2025, the 79th most common name among girls that year.
Hailey is on the official records of the United States, Ireland, Canada, Norway, Austria, Puerto Rico, New Zealand, Scotland, South Australia, England and Wales, France, Mexico City, Argentina, Spain and Brazil.
Hailey crosses languages: it is in the latest top 300 of an English-speaking birth record and of a Spanish-speaking one. The full list: English and Spanish
United States
1 in 1,300
In the United States, 17,395 babies were named Hailey between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Hailey peaked in the 2000s and the 2010s in nearly equal measure. Hailey went to 4,260 US babies in 2015 and 2,561 in 2025, 60% of the earlier figure.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Ireland
1 in 870
In Ireland, 62 girls named Hailey were born in 2025, the 79th most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names
Canada
1 in 990
In Canada, 370 girls named Hailey were born in 2024, the 60th most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
Norway
1 in 1,600register 2026
In Norway, 17 girls were given the name Hailey in 2025.
share of the girls on the register for that year, SSB’s own figure
People who have or have had a Norwegian ID number, emigrants left out, from Statistics Norway’s name statistics (release of January 2026): by year of birth for 1945–2020 (everyone born that year who was ever registered in Norway, including people who registered later and people who have since died) and by year of naming from 2021; only first names carried by 200 or more living people are listed, counts under 4 are withheld, and SSB merges spellings that differ only by letters outside the Norwegian alphabet. The shares are SSB’s own, of the people of that sex and year in that count; the 2025 figure counts the children named that year, and no year is a count of births. Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), table 10467 (updated 2026-01-28)
Austria
1 in 1,600
In Austria, 48 girls named Hailey were born in 2025, the 128th most common name among girls that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.
share of that year’s births on record
Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)
Puerto Rico
1 in 1,600
In Puerto Rico, 11 babies were named Hailey in 2025, and 176 have carried the name since 1998.
share of that year’s births on record
First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)
New Zealand
1 in 1,800
In New Zealand, 32 girls named Hailey were registered in 2025.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time
Scotland
1 in 2,000
In Scotland, 23 girls named Hailey were registered in 2024, the 176th most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names
South Australia
1 in 4,6002017
In South Australia, 4 girls were registered as Hailey in 2017.
share of that year’s name registrations
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
England and Wales
1 in 5,100
In England and Wales, 115 girls named Hailey were born in 2025, the 371st most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
France
1 in 6,400
In France, about 100 girls named Hailey were born in 2025, the 485th most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s births on record
Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. This registry counts each spelling separately; the figures above are for the exact spelling Hailey, and accented spellings are separate names. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)
Mexico City City
1 in 12,000
In Mexico City, there were 10 registrations of Hailey in 2022.
share of that year’s registrations in the city
Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023
Argentina
1 in 110,000
In Argentina, 6 newborns were given the name Hailey in 2024.
The count never rose above 7 in a year, too few to chart.
Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024
Spain
1 in 650,000
In Spain, 69 residents are named Hailey, ranked 10,531st among women, with a mean age of 6.3 years.
Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025
Brazil
At the 2022 census, 63 people in Brazil were named Hailey, ranked 56,841st, with a median age of 2.
The census also counted 38 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
Poland
last on record 2024
Hailey is not on the 2025 record for Poland, where names given fewer than 2 times in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.
First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years.
How the spellings raced
Across these spellings, Hailey led in the group’s busiest decade, the 2000s. So far in the 2020s, Hailey leads.
Decade totals from US Social Security birth registrations. Every line uses the same scale. The 2020s covers 2020–2025.
When you meet Hailey
Most people given the name Hailey 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.
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