Given name & surname
Haley
“from the field of hay”
Haley is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the field of hay.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the field of hay.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
In English use, Haley is used as a spelling variant of Hayley.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1890. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Haley has an alternative spelling in Hayley. The history of Hayley gives this family its wider story. Hayley’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Haley through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 160,347
- 836 boys · 159,511 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 9,100 babies
- 2025
- 314
- #861 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −47%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 314 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 861 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 46.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9,069 in 2000. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (31). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 144,722 as a first name in 2020; 35,805 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.
Haley’s family of names
Haley has a related form in Hailey. Haley has an alternative spelling in Hayley. Haley has a related form in Hayley.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 36
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Haileyvariant
- Hayleyvariant · English
- Haileevariant
- Hayleevariant
- Hailievariant
- Halleyvariant · English
- Haylievariant
- Haleighvariant
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- Hayleighvariant
- Halivariant
- Hailyvariant
- Halievariant
- Haileighvariant
- Haleavariant
- Hailevariant
- Hailivariant
- Haileavariant
- Haileahvariant
- Haelievariant
- Haelivariant
- Haeleighvariant
- Haelyvariant
- Haeleyvariant
- Haylivariant
- Hayleavariant
- Hayleahvariant
- Haylyvariant
- Haleahvariant
- Haleevariant
- Halyvariant
- Haeleevariant
- Haylevariant
- Haleyylikely variant
- Haleyelikely variant
- Haeleavariant
- Haeleahvariant
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Haley
- Haley Joel OsmentAmerican actorborn 1988
- Haley BennettAmerican actress and singer (born 1988)
- Haley Lu RichardsonAmerican actressborn 1995
- Haley ReinhartAmerican singer and actorborn 1990
- Haley BarbourGovernor of Mississippiborn 1947
- Haley RammAmerican actressborn 1992
- Haley WebbAmerican actressborn 1985
- Haley AndersonAmerican swimmer, Olympic silver medalist, world championborn 1991
- Haley TjuAmerican teen actress and voice actressborn 2001
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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