Given name & surname

Haili

“from the field of hay”

Haili is a variant of Haley. One English interpretation is “from the field of hay.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Haili is a variant of Haley. One English interpretation is “from the field of hay.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Haili probably comes from Germanic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Haili through the years

Babies since 1880
834
0 boys · 834 girls
Most popular year
2003
61 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Haili in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1977–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 61 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 910 as a first name in 2020; 136 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.

Haili’s family of names

Haili has a related form in Haley.

Walk Haili’s family in the name graph

HailiHaleyHailli

The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

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Sibling ideas

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