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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201998peak #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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1966#5,8096—
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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 1998

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #58 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 199 girlsAKMaine: #85 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 289 girlsMEVermont: #55 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 176 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #82 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 285 girlsNHWashington: #33 for girls · 159 births · 1 in 184 girlsWAIdaho: #10 for girls · 75 births · 1 in 79 girlsIDMontana: #23 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 106 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #47 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 177 girlsNDMinnesota: #54 for girls · 122 births · 1 in 207 girlsMNIllinois: #100 for girls · 157 births · 1 in 449 girlsILWisconsin: #51 for girls · 121 births · 1 in 208 girlsWIMichigan: #59 for girls · 191 births · 1 in 270 girlsMINew York: #147 for girls · 143 births · 1 in 704 girlsNYMassachusetts: #77 for girls · 97 births · 1 in 329 girlsMARhode Island: #63 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 207 girlsRIOregon: #42 for girls · 80 births · 1 in 206 girlsORNevada: #36 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 179 girlsNVWyoming: #66 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 187 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #32 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 132 girlsSDIowa: #55 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 223 girlsIAIndiana: #82 for girls · 91 births · 1 in 364 girlsINOhio: #79 for girls · 177 births · 1 in 348 girlsOHPennsylvania: #96 for girls · 136 births · 1 in 429 girlsPANew Jersey: #105 for girls · 85 births · 1 in 488 girlsNJConnecticut: #92 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 379 girlsCTCalifornia: #112 for girls · 431 births · 1 in 513 girlsCAUtah: #25 for girls · 109 births · 1 in 152 girlsUTColorado: #74 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 327 girlsCONebraska: #66 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 238 girlsNEMissouri: #58 for girls · 121 births · 1 in 245 girlsMOKentucky: #56 for girls · 80 births · 1 in 255 girlsKYWest Virginia: #91 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 348 girlsWVVirginia: #68 for girls · 103 births · 1 in 329 girlsVAMaryland: #102 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 435 girlsMDDelaware: #55 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 185 girlsDEArizona: #54 for girls · 106 births · 1 in 276 girlsAZNew Mexico: #116 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 423 girlsNMKansas: #63 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 264 girlsKSArkansas: #50 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 220 girlsARTennessee: #45 for girls · 139 births · 1 in 220 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #52 for girls · 163 births · 1 in 258 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #61 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 289 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Hailey, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #34 for girls · 91 births · 1 in 186 girlsOKLouisiana: #42 for girls · 103 births · 1 in 212 girlsLAMississippi: #76 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 338 girlsMSAlabama: #97 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 444 girlsALGeorgia: #101 for girls · 87 births · 1 in 512 girlsGAHawaii: #110 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 345 girlsHITexas: #93 for girls · 341 births · 1 in 421 girlsTXFlorida: #79 for girls · 188 births · 1 in 395 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Idaho#10 · 1 in 79
  2. Montana#23 · 1 in 106
  3. Utah#25 · 1 in 152
  4. South Dakota#32 · 1 in 132
  5. Washington#33 · 1 in 184

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Idaho#10751 in 79
Montana#23271 in 106
Utah#251091 in 152
South Dakota#32221 in 132
Washington#331591 in 184
Oklahoma#34911 in 186
Nevada#36511 in 179
Louisiana#421031 in 212
Oregon#42801 in 206
Tennessee#451391 in 220
North Dakota#47151 in 177
Arkansas#50541 in 220
Wisconsin#511211 in 208
North Carolina#521631 in 258
Arizona#541061 in 276
Minnesota#541221 in 207
Delaware#55171 in 185
Iowa#55631 in 223
Vermont#55111 in 176
Kentucky#56801 in 255
Alaska#58131 in 199
Missouri#581211 in 245
Michigan#591911 in 270
South Carolina#61581 in 289
Kansas#63491 in 264
Rhode Island#63201 in 207
Nebraska#66341 in 238
Wyoming#6671 in 187
Virginia#681031 in 329
Colorado#74681 in 327
Mississippi#76361 in 338
Massachusetts#77971 in 329
Florida#791881 in 395
Ohio#791771 in 348
Indiana#82911 in 364
New Hampshire#82171 in 285
Maine#85161 in 289
West Virginia#91211 in 348
Connecticut#92411 in 379
Texas#933411 in 421
Pennsylvania#961361 in 429
Alabama#97471 in 444
Illinois#1001571 in 449
Georgia#101871 in 512
Maryland#102551 in 435
New Jersey#105851 in 488
Hawaii#110111 in 345
California#1124311 in 513
New Mexico#116201 in 423
New York#1471431 in 704
District of Columbia———

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 1998

girls
#70
4,473 births · 1 in 395 girls

Top girls' names in 1998

  1. #1Emily26,188
  2. #2Hannah21,376
  3. #3Samantha20,195
  4. #4Sarah19,898
  5. #5Ashley19,875
  6. #6Alexis19,778
  7. #7Taylor18,576
  8. #8Jessica18,239
  9. #9Madison17,787
  10. #10Elizabeth15,193
  11. #70Hailey4,473
More about 1998

girls

1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 395 of them was named Hailey, which outranked 99.6% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hailey
  1. #67Tiffany4,612
  2. #68Sabrina4,608
  3. #69Christina4,533
  4. #70Hailey4,473
  5. #71Makayla4,365
  6. #72Cheyenne4,327
  7. #73Sophia4,308
Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,123Calista#2,820 → #697
  2. ↑ 1,165Ireland#1,983 → #818
  3. ↑ 1,158Abril#2,116 → #958
  4. ↑ 755Mya#993 → #238
  5. ↑ 619Ally#1,036 → #417
Fallers
  1. ↓ 586Yulissa#424 → #1,010
  2. ↓ 462Moesha#943 → #1,405
  3. ↓ 397Yulisa#985 → #1,382
  4. ↓ 376Tonya#905 → #1,281
  5. ↓ 347Xena#765 → #1,112

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

See the top 100 for 1998 →