How rare is the name Haley?

144,722 people in the United States have the first name Haley, about 1 in 2,087. It ranks #388 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

HALEY

#388

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
144,722
About
1 in 2,087
This common or more
53.7%
Who bears it

Of the 144,722 people named Haley, 84.2% reported their origin as White, 6.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.3% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Haley peaked in 2000, when 9,100 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18902025
Peak year
2000
Births that year
9,100
In 2025*
314 ▼97%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 160,347 babies have been given the name since 1890. 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.

Haley by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #99. The largest share of babies named Haley, 54.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1890s#2,26945
1900s#3,11732
1910s#4,28394
1920s#4,522131
1930s#5,92363
1940s#6,38661
1950s#8,27447
1960s#2,958399
1970s#1,2242,224
1980s#40812,918
1990s#9971,437
2000s#12057,252
2010s#53612,910
2020s#1,2552,734
Before 19010%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.1%
Silent Generation 1928–450.1%
Baby boom 1946–640.1%
Generation X 1965–801.9%
Millennials 1981–9636.8%
Generation Z 1997–1254.8%
2013 and later6.2%

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 Haley is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Haley has been most common in Alaska (1.7×), Nevada (1.7×), and Tennessee (1.7×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.17×).

157,737 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 Haley

#386 Devin · 144,827#387 Carla · 144,782#389 Debbie · 144,402#390 Laurie · 144,345

Spelled almost the same

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

#376 Hailey · 147,731#946 Hayley · 47,063#4,705 Halley · 3,864#6,209 Halee · 2,607#11,801 Hale · 1,072#14,020 Hally · 848#18,633 Haleh · 577#22,040 Haliey · 455

Also a last name

As a last name, Haley ranks #962 of 156,621, with 35,805 people. See Haley as a last name

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