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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202003peak #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 2003

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #5 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 70 girlsAKMaine: #18 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 109 girlsMEVermont: #13 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 77 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #17 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 97 girlsNHWashington: #12 for girls · 255 births · 1 in 113 girlsWAIdaho: #8 for girls · 83 births · 1 in 77 girlsIDMontana: #4 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 52 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #18 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 92 girlsNDMinnesota: #15 for girls · 249 births · 1 in 104 girlsMNIllinois: #40 for girls · 293 births · 1 in 236 girlsILWisconsin: #11 for girls · 247 births · 1 in 102 girlsWIMichigan: #19 for girls · 357 births · 1 in 138 girlsMINew York: #41 for girls · 408 births · 1 in 240 girlsNYMassachusetts: #42 for girls · 146 births · 1 in 207 girlsMARhode Island: #26 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 126 girlsRIOregon: #12 for girls · 153 births · 1 in 106 girlsORNevada: #14 for girls · 87 births · 1 in 119 girlsNVWyoming: #8 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 56 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #20 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 118 girlsSDIowa: #20 for girls · 108 births · 1 in 127 girlsIAIndiana: #23 for girls · 210 births · 1 in 154 girlsINOhio: #22 for girls · 394 births · 1 in 148 girlsOHPennsylvania: #28 for girls · 356 births · 1 in 159 girlsPANew Jersey: #48 for girls · 171 births · 1 in 247 girlsNJConnecticut: #38 for girls · 84 births · 1 in 176 girlsCTCalifornia: #41 for girls · 881 births · 1 in 257 girlsCAUtah: #9 for girls · 191 births · 1 in 95 girlsUTColorado: #33 for girls · 130 births · 1 in 194 girlsCONebraska: #14 for girls · 82 births · 1 in 101 girlsNEMissouri: #15 for girls · 232 births · 1 in 123 girlsMOKentucky: #16 for girls · 166 births · 1 in 119 girlsKYWest Virginia: #14 for girls · 75 births · 1 in 96 girlsWVVirginia: #31 for girls · 205 births · 1 in 176 girlsVAMaryland: #29 for girls · 146 births · 1 in 166 girlsMDDelaware: #26 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 118 girlsDEArizona: #21 for girls · 195 births · 1 in 173 girlsAZNew Mexico: #30 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 176 girlsNMKansas: #20 for girls · 91 births · 1 in 150 girlsKSArkansas: #23 for girls · 83 births · 1 in 144 girlsARTennessee: #29 for girls · 185 births · 1 in 164 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #28 for girls · 258 births · 1 in 169 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #31 for girls · 103 births · 1 in 165 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #175 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 563 girlsDCOklahoma: #13 for girls · 132 births · 1 in 126 girlsOKLouisiana: #20 for girls · 150 births · 1 in 138 girlsLAMississippi: #31 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 170 girlsMSAlabama: #36 for girls · 104 births · 1 in 189 girlsALGeorgia: #40 for girls · 205 births · 1 in 243 girlsGAHawaii: #28 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 126 girlsHITexas: #34 for girls · 648 births · 1 in 244 girlsTXFlorida: #24 for girls · 457 births · 1 in 175 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Montana#4 · 1 in 52
  2. Alaska#5 · 1 in 70
  3. Wyoming#8 · 1 in 56
  4. Idaho#8 · 1 in 77
  5. Utah#9 · 1 in 95

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Montana#4561 in 52
Alaska#5321 in 70
Idaho#8831 in 77
Wyoming#8211 in 56
Utah#91911 in 95
Wisconsin#112471 in 102
Oregon#121531 in 106
Washington#122551 in 113
Oklahoma#131321 in 126
Vermont#13211 in 77
Nebraska#14821 in 101
Nevada#14871 in 119
West Virginia#14751 in 96
Minnesota#152491 in 104
Missouri#152321 in 123
Kentucky#161661 in 119
New Hampshire#17471 in 97
Maine#18401 in 109
North Dakota#18281 in 92
Michigan#193571 in 138
Iowa#201081 in 127
Kansas#20911 in 150
Louisiana#201501 in 138
South Dakota#20271 in 118
Arizona#211951 in 173
Ohio#223941 in 148
Arkansas#23831 in 144
Indiana#232101 in 154
Florida#244571 in 175
Delaware#26271 in 118
Rhode Island#26311 in 126
Hawaii#28281 in 126
North Carolina#282581 in 169
Pennsylvania#283561 in 159
Maryland#291461 in 166
Tennessee#291851 in 164
New Mexico#30461 in 176
Mississippi#31681 in 170
South Carolina#311031 in 165
Virginia#312051 in 176
Colorado#331301 in 194
Texas#346481 in 244
Alabama#361041 in 189
Connecticut#38841 in 176
Georgia#402051 in 243
Illinois#402931 in 236
California#418811 in 257
New York#414081 in 240
Massachusetts#421461 in 207
New Jersey#481711 in 247
District of Columbia#17561 in 563

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 2003

girls
#26
8,798 births · 1 in 208 girls
boys
#6,715
10 births · 1 in 197,535 boys

Top girls' names in 2003

  1. #1Emily25,693
  2. #2Emma22,719
  3. #3Madison20,201
  4. #4Hannah17,638
  5. #5Olivia16,154
  6. #6Abigail15,932
  7. #7Alexis14,867
  8. #8Ashley14,519
  9. #9Elizabeth14,123
  10. #10Samantha13,870
  11. #26Hailey8,798

Top boys' names in 2003

  1. #1Jacob29,658
  2. #2Michael27,129
  3. #3Joshua25,106
  4. #4Matthew24,011
  5. #5Andrew22,162
  6. #6Joseph21,394
  7. #7Ethan21,362
  8. #8Daniel21,072
  9. #9Christopher20,753
  10. #10Anthony20,149
  11. #6,715Hailey10
More about 2003

girls

1,827,145 girls got a published name in 2003; 1 in 208 of them was named Hailey, which outranked 99.9% of the 18,439 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hailey
  1. #23Natalie9,151
  2. #24Chloe9,082
  3. #25Sydney8,911
  4. #26Hailey8,798
  5. #27Jasmine8,065
  6. #28Rachel7,997
  7. #29Morgan7,928
Biggest movers since 2002
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,689Laci#2,126 → #437
  2. ↑ 1,528Karyme#2,467 → #939
  3. ↑ 1,500Roselyn#2,467 → #967
  4. ↑ 1,326Kaydence#2,310 → #984
  5. ↑ 1,170Sherlyn#2,081 → #911
Fallers
  1. ↓ 481Odalys#951 → #1,432
  2. ↓ 400Kari#975 → #1,375
  3. ↓ 334Litzy#501 → #835
  4. ↓ 289Alysha#960 → #1,249
  5. ↓ 252Roxana#861 → #1,113

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

boys

1,975,349 boys got a published name in 2003; 1 in 197,535 of them was named Hailey, which outranked 47.4% of the 12,761 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hailey
  1. #6,258Zaylan11
  2. #6,258Zohair11
  3. #6,258Zuhair11
  4. #6,715Hailey10
  5. #6,715Aadam10
  6. #6,715Aadarsh10
  7. #6,715Aalijah10
  8. #7,245Aarin9
  9. #7,245Abdi9
  10. #7,245Abhimanyu9

Tied with 529 names at #6,715; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2002
Risers
  1. ↑ 790Maddox#1,372 → #582
  2. ↑ 762Jahir#1,571 → #809
  3. ↑ 519Yair#1,236 → #717
  4. ↑ 450Jamarion#1,094 → #644
  5. ↑ 413Aydan#1,154 → #741
Fallers
  1. ↓ 819Lisandro#898 → #1,717
  2. ↓ 621Shemar#970 → #1,591
  3. ↓ 362Jaheem#891 → #1,253
  4. ↓ 337Keandre#998 → #1,335
  5. ↓ 334Savion#568 → #902

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

See the top 100 for 2003 →