Hailey

#104 for girls in 2025, 2,556 births · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
2010 · 7,027 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
29 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
181,434
since 1963

Hailey over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201986peak #19, 2010girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1042,556#12,0085
2024#1002,627—
2023#902,786#10,8216
2022#793,005—
2021#773,248—
2020#813,157#12,0225
2019#763,491—
2018#793,474—
2017#723,712—
2016#683,947—
2015#644,251#8,0409
2014#514,619—
2013#435,031#8,1189
2012#325,917—
2011#326,282#8,7678
2010#197,027#12,2315
2009#257,325#6,80212
2008#257,872#9,8717
2007#238,439#7,59010
2006#258,423#5,30316
2005#268,595#7,09610
2004#248,685#2,64340
2003#268,798#6,71510
2002#317,992#5,72512
2001#338,032#7,5368
2000#357,829#5,29713
1999#545,369#7,1398
1998#704,473—
1997#804,148#7,2817
1996#933,762#5,53510
1995#1112,965#7,7926
1994#1192,688#4,80312
1993#1302,531#7,6386
1992#1601,915#8,4355
1991#1961,506#8,2365
1990#293946—
1989#338752#5,1659
1988#363673#7,2705
1987#415537#6,0896
1986#472454—
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1984#724226—
1983#842182—
1982#893170—
1981#1,009144—
1980#1,48281—
1979#1,43185—
1978#1,221102—
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1976#3,18822—
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1974#4,22714—
1973#5,5809—
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1970#5,4139—
1969#5,9747—
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First appearance
1963

The first year at least five girls were named Hailey! It came in at #5,891, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1964–1965, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Hailey is popular in 1986

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #161 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 619 girlsAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Hailey, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Hailey, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Hailey, so not publishedNHWashington: #251 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,432 girlsWAIdaho: #74 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 308 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Hailey, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Hailey, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #491 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,612 girlsMNIllinois: #649 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 5,457 girlsILWisconsin: #325 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,473 girlsWIMichigan: #477 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 4,038 girlsMINew York: #1,012 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 9,863 girlsNYMassachusetts: #450 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,900 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Hailey, so not publishedRIOregon: #325 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,919 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Hailey, so not publishedNVWyoming: #81 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 298 girlsWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Hailey, so not publishedSDIowa: #353 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,659 girlsIAIndiana: #656 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,573 girlsINOhio: #523 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 4,853 girlsOHPennsylvania: #1,043 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 13,746 girlsPANew Jersey: #659 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,999 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Hailey, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #540 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 3,846 girlsCAUtah: #204 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 998 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Hailey, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Hailey, so not publishedNEMissouri: #472 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,925 girlsMOKentucky: #376 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,993 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Hailey, so not publishedWVVirginia: #606 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,622 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Hailey, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Hailey, so not publishedDEArizona: #517 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,346 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Hailey, so not publishedNMKansas: #287 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,812 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Hailey, so not publishedARTennessee: #306 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,119 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #488 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,951 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #340 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,214 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Hailey, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #265 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,445 girlsOKLouisiana: #232 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,282 girlsLAMississippi: #456 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,750 girlsMSAlabama: #326 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,940 girlsALGeorgia: #411 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,899 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Hailey, so not publishedHITexas: #381 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 2,394 girlsTXFlorida: #662 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 5,536 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Idaho#74 · 1 in 308
  2. Wyoming#81 · 1 in 298
  3. Alaska#161 · 1 in 619
  4. Utah#204 · 1 in 998
  5. Louisiana#232 · 1 in 1,282

Best ever in a state: #3 in Wyoming, 2005.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Idaho#74181 in 308
Wyoming#8181 in 298
Alaska#16161 in 619
Utah#204141 in 998
Louisiana#232221 in 1,282
Washington#251191 in 1,432
Oklahoma#265131 in 1,445
Kansas#28781 in 1,812
Tennessee#306131 in 2,119
Oregon#32581 in 1,919
Wisconsin#325121 in 2,473
Alabama#326111 in 1,940
South Carolina#34081 in 2,214
Iowa#35361 in 2,659
Kentucky#37671 in 2,993
Texas#381551 in 2,394
Georgia#411131 in 2,899
Massachusetts#45091 in 3,900
Mississippi#45651 in 2,750
Missouri#47281 in 3,925
Michigan#477141 in 4,038
North Carolina#48891 in 3,951
Minnesota#49161 in 4,612
Arizona#51771 in 3,346
Ohio#523141 in 4,853
California#540541 in 3,846
Virginia#60661 in 5,622
Illinois#649131 in 5,457
Indiana#65651 in 6,573
New Jersey#65971 in 5,999
Florida#662121 in 5,536
New York#1,012111 in 9,863
Pennsylvania#1,04351 in 13,746
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Hailey
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 4 spots since 2024 (#100 → #104)
  • 23 spots since 2020 (#81 → #104)
  • 40 spots since 2015 (#64 → #104)
  • Biggest jump: 187 spots in 1985 (#724 → #537)
  • Biggest drop: 13 spots in 2011 (#19 → #32)
Rise & fade · girls
47 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1963
  • Peaked 2010 at #19 (7,027 births)
  • Births halved by 2018, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 29 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 29 yrs · run 1996–2024
  • Top 1,000: 44 yrs · run 1982–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 208
  • Highest: 1 in 208 girls born in 2003 were named Hailey (0.48%)
  • Latest: 1 in 629 girls born in 2025 (0.16%)
  • Its best rank, #19 in 2010, was only 1 in 253 (0.40%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 45.2% of all girls named Hailey (81,990) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s25#5,809 (1966)#5,980
1970s397#1,146 (1977)#3,478
1980s3,589#338 (1989)#708
1990s30,303#54 (1999)#131
2000s81,990#23 (2007)#27
2010s47,751#19 (2010)#54
2020s17,379#77 (2021)#89

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Hailey in 1986

girls
#472
454 births · 1 in 3,779 girls

Top girls' names in 1986

  1. #1Jessica52,682
  2. #2Ashley49,671
  3. #3Amanda40,532
  4. #4Jennifer36,187
  5. #5Sarah28,163
  6. #6Stephanie22,651
  7. #7Nicole21,292
  8. #8Brittany20,313
  9. #9Heather19,790
  10. #10Elizabeth19,074
  11. #472Hailey454
More about 1986

girls

1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 3,779 of them was named Hailey, which outranked 96.3% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hailey
  1. #469Hollie458
  2. #470Josephine456
  3. #471Jenifer455
  4. #472Hailey454
  5. #473Christen453
  6. #473Serena453
  7. #475Alaina451
Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,719Kyrie#10,677 → #958
  2. ↑ 4,778Sable#5,678 → #900
  3. ↑ 2,034Eliana#2,484 → #450
  4. ↑ 1,497Shatara#2,484 → #987
  5. ↑ 1,374Cherrelle#2,253 → #879
Fallers
  1. ↓ 442Violeta#963 → #1,405
  2. ↓ 361Micaela#545 → #906
  3. ↓ 361Tasia#572 → #933
  4. ↓ 324Jo#925 → #1,249
  5. ↓ 306Tammie#987 → #1,293

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1986 →