Hailey

Where Hailey comes from

From Old English hīeġ (“hay”) + lēah (“clearing”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Hailey
  • From a surname
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Hailey through the years
  1. 1963
    First appearance
    #5,891 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1963
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  3. 1996
    Hailey Bieber born
    American model and television personality
  4. 2001
    Hailey Baptiste born
    American tennis player
  5. 2010
    Peak, #19
    7,027 babies named Hailey, its best rank.
  6. 2018
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #79.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Hailey Bieber · American model and television personality, born 1996
  • Hailey Baptiste · American tennis player, born 2001
  • Hailey Van Lith · American basketball player, born 2001
  • Hailey Duke · American alpine skier, born 1985
  • Hailey Swirbul · American cross-country skier, born 1998

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.