first name
HAYLEY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 47,063 people named Hayley, 83.6% reported their origin as White, 7.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.3% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Hayley peaked in 1993, when 2,624 babies got the name.
At least 51,449 babies have been given the name since 1960. 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.
Hayley by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #305. The largest share of babies named Hayley, 44.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Hayley is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Hayley has been most common in Nevada (2×), New Hampshire (1.6×), and Oregon (1.6×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.2×).
49,115 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 Hayley
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Hayley, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Hayley ranks #38,120 of 156,621, with 626 people. See Hayley as a last name
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