How rare is the name Hailey?

147,731 people in the United States have the first name Hailey, about 1 in 2,044. It ranks #376 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

HAILEY

#376

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
147,731
About
1 in 2,044
This common or more
53.1%
Who bears it

Of the 147,731 people named Hailey, 74.1% reported their origin as White, 14.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.8% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Hailey peaked in 2003, when 8,808 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19222025
Peak year
2003
Births that year
8,808
In 2025*
2,561 ▼71%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 181,710 babies have been given the name since 1922. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Hailey by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #82. The largest share of babies named Hailey, 63.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1920s#11,45212
1960s#11,48325
1970s#3,410397
1980s#1,0083,609
1990s#23130,362
2000s#8282,128
2010s#13347,782
2020s#21917,395
Greatest Generation 1901–270%
Baby boom 1946–640%
Generation X 1965–800.3%
Millennials 1981–9610.9%
Generation Z 1997–1263.5%
2013 and later25.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Hailey is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Hailey has been most common in Idaho (2.8×), Nevada (2.6×), and Utah (2.1×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.25×).

180,543 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Hailey

#374 Kaitlyn · 148,542#375 Lindsey · 147,985#377 Erika · 147,434#378 Gina · 147,074

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Hailey, most common first.

#388 Haley · 144,722#946 Hayley · 47,063#2,052 Hailee · 13,240#4,705 Halley · 3,864#5,690 Haily · 2,969#9,194 Haile · 1,531#22,003 Hailley · 456#24,355 Haeley · 396

Also a last name

As a last name, Hailey ranks #4,888 of 156,621, with 6,996 people. See Hailey as a last name

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