Given name & surname
Hailey
“from the field of hay”
Hailey is a variant of Haley. One English interpretation is “from the field of hay.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Hailey is a variant of Haley. One English interpretation is “from the field of hay.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1922. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hailey through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 181,710
- 276 boys · 181,434 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 8,808 babies
- 2025
- 2,561
- #104 for girls · #12,689 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −20%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 2,556 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 104 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 20.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8,798 in 2003. It also appeared in 5 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (363). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 147,731 as a first name in 2020; 6,996 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hailey’s family of names
Hailey has a related form in Haley. In English usage, Hailey has a related form in HALIEY. In English usage, Hailey as a surname has a related form in Hayley.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Haleyvariant
- Hayleyvariant · English
- Haylievariant
- Hayleighvariant
- Halievariant
- Haileighvariant
- Hailleylikely variant
- Halieyvariant · English
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Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Hailey
- Hailey BieberAmerican model and television personalityborn 1996
- Hailey BaptisteAmerican tennis player (born 2001)
- Hailey Van LithAmerican basketball player (born 2001)
- Hailey DukeAmerican alpine skierborn 1985
- Hailey SwirbulAmerican cross-country skierborn 1998
- Hailey DuffScottish female curlerborn 1997
- Hailey KilgoreAmerican actress and singerborn 1999
- Hailey ClausonAmerican modelborn 1995
- Hailey LanglandAmerican sports personborn 2000
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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