Hailey: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced HAY-lee · 2 syllables

Hailey means “hay meadow”, from English.

From Old English hieg (“hay”) + leah (“clearing”).

How popular is Hailey?

Hailey was the #104 name in the US in 2025, given to 2,561 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 51% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2000.

Babies named Hailey in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2000).

Half of US adults named Hailey are older than 26; most are between 19 and 39. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Hailey have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Hailey means “hay meadow”. It comes from English.

Hailey is pronounced HAY-lee.

Hailey was the #104 name in the US in 2025, given to 2,561 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 51% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2000.

Half of US adults named Hailey are older than 26. Most are between 19 and 39.