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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201996peak #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—
1985#537370—
1984#724226—
1983#842182—
1982#893170—
1981#1,009144—
1980#1,48281—
1979#1,43185—
1978#1,221102—
1977#1,146110—
1976#3,18822—
1975#2,96924—
1974#4,22714—
1973#5,5809—
1972#4,79311—
1971#4,81011—
1970#5,4139—
1969#5,9747—
1968#6,2466—
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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 1996

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #77 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 228 girlsAKMaine: #138 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 480 girlsMEVermont: #88 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 274 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #90 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 314 girlsNHWashington: #37 for girls · 151 births · 1 in 189 girlsWAIdaho: #10 for girls · 78 births · 1 in 74 girlsIDMontana: #24 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 110 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #59 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 215 girlsNDMinnesota: #56 for girls · 115 births · 1 in 216 girlsMNIllinois: #122 for girls · 123 births · 1 in 581 girlsILWisconsin: #60 for girls · 103 births · 1 in 247 girlsWIMichigan: #73 for girls · 171 births · 1 in 304 girlsMINew York: #195 for girls · 103 births · 1 in 1,013 girlsNYMassachusetts: #124 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 546 girlsMARhode Island: #88 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 285 girlsRIOregon: #49 for girls · 79 births · 1 in 211 girlsORNevada: #78 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 295 girlsNVWyoming: #41 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 135 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #35 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 124 girlsSDIowa: #50 for girls · 78 births · 1 in 183 girlsIAIndiana: #120 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 548 girlsINOhio: #107 for girls · 131 births · 1 in 474 girlsOHPennsylvania: #147 for girls · 79 births · 1 in 766 girlsPANew Jersey: #172 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 882 girlsNJConnecticut: #130 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 562 girlsCTCalifornia: #121 for girls · 417 births · 1 in 551 girlsCAUtah: #31 for girls · 92 births · 1 in 166 girlsUTColorado: #74 for girls · 66 births · 1 in 318 girlsCONebraska: #80 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 291 girlsNEMissouri: #54 for girls · 133 births · 1 in 222 girlsMOKentucky: #107 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 457 girlsKYWest Virginia: #119 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 447 girlsWVVirginia: #97 for girls · 77 births · 1 in 443 girlsVAMaryland: #121 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 526 girlsMDDelaware: #95 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 288 girlsDEArizona: #69 for girls · 93 births · 1 in 306 girlsAZNew Mexico: #181 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 669 girlsNMKansas: #73 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 289 girlsKSArkansas: #75 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 292 girlsARTennessee: #60 for girls · 110 births · 1 in 269 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #84 for girls · 103 births · 1 in 382 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #114 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 493 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #210 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 715 girlsDCOklahoma: #38 for girls · 87 births · 1 in 184 girlsOKLouisiana: #47 for girls · 100 births · 1 in 216 girlsLAMississippi: #62 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 283 girlsMSAlabama: #103 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 502 girlsALGeorgia: #88 for girls · 95 births · 1 in 437 girlsGAHawaii: #116 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 381 girlsHITexas: #108 for girls · 305 births · 1 in 458 girlsTXFlorida: #107 for girls · 141 births · 1 in 516 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Idaho#10 · 1 in 74
  2. Montana#24 · 1 in 110
  3. Utah#31 · 1 in 166
  4. South Dakota#35 · 1 in 124
  5. Washington#37 · 1 in 189

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Idaho#10781 in 74
Montana#24271 in 110
Utah#31921 in 166
South Dakota#35251 in 124
Washington#371511 in 189
Oklahoma#38871 in 184
Wyoming#41101 in 135
Louisiana#471001 in 216
Oregon#49791 in 211
Iowa#50781 in 183
Missouri#541331 in 222
Minnesota#561151 in 216
North Dakota#59141 in 215
Tennessee#601101 in 269
Wisconsin#601031 in 247
Mississippi#62411 in 283
Arizona#69931 in 306
Kansas#73431 in 289
Michigan#731711 in 304
Colorado#74661 in 318
Arkansas#75401 in 292
Alaska#77111 in 228
Nevada#78281 in 295
Nebraska#80281 in 291
North Carolina#841031 in 382
Georgia#88951 in 437
Rhode Island#88151 in 285
Vermont#8871 in 274
New Hampshire#90161 in 314
Delaware#95111 in 288
Virginia#97771 in 443
Alabama#103411 in 502
Florida#1071411 in 516
Kentucky#107431 in 457
Ohio#1071311 in 474
Texas#1083051 in 458
South Carolina#114331 in 493
Hawaii#116111 in 381
West Virginia#119171 in 447
Indiana#120601 in 548
California#1214171 in 551
Maryland#121471 in 526
Illinois#1221231 in 581
Massachusetts#124591 in 546
Connecticut#130291 in 562
Maine#138101 in 480
Pennsylvania#147791 in 766
New Jersey#172481 in 882
New Mexico#181131 in 669
New York#1951031 in 1,013
District of Columbia#21051 in 715

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 1996

girls
#93
3,762 births · 1 in 466 girls
boys
#5,535
10 births · 1 in 189,430 boys

Top girls' names in 1996

  1. #1Emily25,150
  2. #2Jessica24,201
  3. #3Ashley23,678
  4. #4Sarah21,048
  5. #5Samantha20,552
  6. #6Taylor19,155
  7. #7Hannah18,596
  8. #8Alexis16,592
  9. #9Rachel16,121
  10. #10Elizabeth16,003
  11. #93Hailey3,762

Top boys' names in 1996

  1. #1Michael38,373
  2. #2Matthew32,077
  3. #3Jacob31,925
  4. #4Christopher30,904
  5. #5Joshua29,175
  6. #6Nicholas27,724
  7. #7Tyler26,956
  8. #8Brandon25,847
  9. #9Austin25,663
  10. #10Andrew25,244
  11. #5,535Hailey10
More about 1996

girls

1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 466 of them was named Hailey, which outranked 99.4% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hailey
  1. #90Angela3,867
  2. #91Alicia3,861
  3. #92Crystal3,786
  4. #93Hailey3,762
  5. #94Grace3,742
  6. #95Catherine3,739
  7. #96Jamie3,599
Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,167Odalys#2,845 → #678
  2. ↑ 1,531Tamia#2,028 → #497
  3. ↑ 1,524Jaycie#2,486 → #962
  4. ↑ 1,486Odalis#2,394 → #908
  5. ↑ 1,430Zaria#2,155 → #725
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,558Unknown#865 → #2,423
  2. ↓ 723Iridian#886 → #1,609
  3. ↓ 435Selene#964 → #1,399
  4. ↓ 394Salina#838 → #1,232
  5. ↓ 339Chelsi#697 → #1,036

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

boys

1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 189,430 of them was named Hailey, which outranked 47.5% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hailey
  1. #5,187Zayn11
  2. #5,187Zeeshan11
  3. #5,187Zerek11
  4. #5,535Hailey10
  5. #5,535Aaronmichael10
  6. #5,535Acie10
  7. #5,535Afton10
  8. #5,982Aadil9
  9. #5,982Aarion9
  10. #5,982Abdias9

Tied with 446 names at #5,535; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,398Keyshawn#2,178 → #780
  2. ↑ 1,171Jair#2,055 → #884
  3. ↑ 1,065Kordell#2,055 → #990
  4. ↑ 856Shemar#1,758 → #902
  5. ↑ 686Nasir#1,648 → #962
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Unknown#665 → #1,740
  2. ↓ 649Rashaan#937 → #1,586
  3. ↓ 633Savon#966 → #1,599
  4. ↓ 514Latrell#966 → #1,480
  5. ↓ 351Rakeem#970 → #1,321

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

See the top 100 for 1996 →