Given name & surname

Heily

Heily is a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Heily isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1993. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Heily through the years

Babies since 1880
745
0 boys · 745 girls
Most popular year
2008
54 babies
2025
32
#4,392 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+2%
Steady
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Heily in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1993–2025, 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

In 2025, this name appeared in 32 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,392 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 2.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 54 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 681 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Heily’s family of names

Heily may belong to the same name family as HEILLY. This is a tentative spelling connection.

Walk Heily’s family in the name graph

HeilyHeiliHeileeHeilieHeylyHeilly

Inner ring: spellings · outer: 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 1

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

Spellings & scripts 4

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Heily, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Haily

“from the field of hay”

21RareCooling

>99% girls

Modern

Keili

11Very rare

>99% girls

Modern

Jaeli

22RareRising fast

>99% girls

Modern

Envy

25RareEasing

>99% girls

Modern

Rily

“from the rye clearing”

0Not recently recorded

20% boys · 80% girls

Modern

Keilah

“a lively and bright-headed woman”

27RareSteady

>99% girls

Modern

Zujeily

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Indian · Modern

Riddhi

“a prosperous woman”

23RareRising

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Heily’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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