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Hayley

girl name
Origin
English
Syllables
2
Peak era
1990s/2000s
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

place name meaning 'hay meadow'; in Hong Kong borne by Olympic windsurfer Hayley Chan

Hayley'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

HayleyEnglish

More branches

HaileyEnglish · variantHaleyEnglish · variantHayleeEnglish · variant

How popular is Hayley around the world?

In the United States, 1,847 babies were named Hayley between 2020 and 2025. In South Australia, 11 girls were registered as Hayley in 2017.

Hayley is on the official records of the United States, South Australia, Ireland, Scotland, New Zealand, England and Wales, Canada, Mexico City, France, Chile, Argentina, Spain and Brazil.

United States

1 in 12,000

In the United States, 1,847 babies were named Hayley between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 1990s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Hayley peaked in the 1990s and the 2000s in nearly equal measure.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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South Australia

1 in 1,700 · 2017

In South Australia, 11 girls were registered as Hayley in 2017.

1960peak 2004

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

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Ireland

1 in 1,700

In Ireland, 31 girls named Hayley were born in 2025, the 148th most common name among girls that year.

1964peak 19972025

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

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Scotland

1 in 2,900

In Scotland, 16 girls named Hayley were registered in 2024, the 230th most common name among girls that year.

1974peak 19932024

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

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New Zealand

1 in 3,800

In New Zealand, 15 girls named Hayley were registered in 2025.

1960peak 19902025

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

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England and Wales

1 in 7,100

In England and Wales, 83 girls named Hayley were born in 2025, the 478th most common name among girls that year.

peak 19962025

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

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Canada

1 in 8,700

In Canada, 42 girls named Hayley were born in 2024, the 685th most common name among girls that year.

peak 19982024

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)

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Mexico City City

1 in 29,000

In Mexico City, there were 4 registrations of Hayley in 2022.

2000peak 20122022

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 (1 registration through 3 Mar) is excluded as partial. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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France

1 in 43,000

In France, about 15 girls named Hayley were born in 2025, ranked 2,035th among girls that year.

2000peak 2021

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. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)

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Chile

1 in 59,000

In Chile, 3 girls were registered as Hayley in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.
The count never rose above 8 in a year, too few to chart.

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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Argentina

1 in 130,000

In Argentina, 5 newborns were given the name Hayley in 2024.
The count never rose above 5 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

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Spain

1 in 580,000

In Spain, 77 residents are named Hayley, ranked 9,594th among women, with a mean age of 32.5 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

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Brazil

1 in 1M

At the 2022 census, 118 people in Brazil were named Hayley, ranked 36,689th, with a median age of 3.
Among people named Hayley living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.

peak 2010s2010s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

The census also counted 68 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

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Austria

last on record 2023

Hayley is not on the 2025 record for Austria, which publishes every first name down to a single birth, so the name was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.

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)

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New South Wales

outside the top 100

Hayley is not in the 2025 top 100 for New South Wales.

1970peak 20052025

share of that year’s top-100 registrations

New South Wales (not all of Australia) publishes only each year’s 100 most popular names per sex, so a missing year means below that top 100, not rare. Source: NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, popular baby names

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Poland

last on record 2016

Hayley 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 3 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)

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Not on the record in Puerto Rico: that registry withholds small counts, so rare uses may sit below its floor.

Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.

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How the spellings raced

Across these spellings, Hailey led in the group’s busiest decade, the 2000s. So far in the 2020s, Hailey leads.

How the spellings racedUS births by decade for Hayley, Hailey, Haley, HayleeHayley: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 634, 1304, 6115, 21881, 13967, 5701, 1847Hailey: 0, 0, 0, 12, 0, 0, 0, 25, 397, 3609, 30362, 82128, 47782, 17395Haley: 45, 32, 94, 131, 63, 61, 47, 399, 2224, 12918, 71437, 57252, 12910, 2734Haylee: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 5, 104, 834, 5954, 14019, 7925, 13921890s2020s
Hayley 1,847Hailey 17,395Haley 2,734Haylee 1,392

Decade totals from US Social Security birth registrations. Every line uses the same scale. The 2020s covers 2020–2025.

When you meet Hayley

Most people given the name Hayley in the United States were born between 1990 and 2009. The Hayley you meet today is most often in her 20s or 30s.

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

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