Hayley
Hayley is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 232 births. Its best rank was 120th, in 1996.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 2320.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 19932,618 births
- Best rank
- #120in 1996
- Since 1960
- 51,223people given the name
The story in the numbers
51,223 girls have been named Hayley in the United States since 1960, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1993, with 2,618 births — 0.14% of all girls recorded that year.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1998, and the 1990s alone account for 43%. It has spent 47 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1993, its biggest year
Hayley was the 126th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1993 were Jessica, Ashley, Sarah, Samantha and Emily. See all of 1993.
Names that rose and fell with Hayley
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Brianapeak 1994
- Kassandrapeak 1993
- Briannpeak 1996
- Morganpeak 1995
- Alexandriapeak 1993
- Kailapeak 1991
- Cerapeak 1995
- Karinapeak 1995
Other spellings in the data
- Hailey178,851 ever
- Haylee30,056 ever
- Hailee16,318 ever
- Haylie10,194 ever
- Hailie6,439 ever
- Haily3,096 ever
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.