Hayley Girl
How popular is Hayley?
#1,250 girl name in 2025
179 baby girls were named Hayley in the US in 2025, making it the 1250th most popular girl name.
Hayley popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,250 for girls (▼ 180 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 179 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-68% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #548 in 2015, #674 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1993 (2,618 girls) |
| Highest rank | #120 in 1996 |
| First recorded | 1960 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Hayley counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Hailey family of names ranked #83 for girls in 2025 (#75 the year before), with 3,753 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hailey | 2,556 | 68% |
| Haley | 314 | 8% |
| Hayley | 179 | 5% |
| Haylee | 153 | 4% |
| Hailee | 163 | 4% |
| Hailie | 125 | 3% |
| Haleigh | 32 | 1% |
| Haylie | 37 | 1% |
| Hayleigh | 28 | 1% |
| Halley | 43 | 1% |
| Hallee | 43 | 1% |
| Hali | 25 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Hayley is most popular
Babies named Hayley per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Massachusetts: 0.4 per 1,000 (52 girls)
- New York: 0.4 per 1,000 (139 girls)
- New Hampshire: 0.3 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Maryland: 0.3 per 1,000 (34 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.3 per 1,000 (57 girls)
Hayley by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 634 | #1,022 |
| 1970s | 1,304 | #675 |
| 1980s | 6,109 | #278 |
| 1990s | 21,859 | #120 |
| 2000s | 13,949 | #149 |
| 2010s | 5,701 | #430 |
| 2020s | 1,847 | #674 |
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Questions
- Is Hayley a boy or girl name?
- Hayley is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Hayley were girls.
- How popular is the name Hayley?
- 179 baby girls were named Hayley in the US in 2025, making it the 1250th most popular girl name.
- When was Hayley most popular?
- Hayley peaked in 1993, when 2,618 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #120 in 1996.
- How many people are named Hayley?
- 51,449 babies have been named Hayley in the US since 1880. We estimate about 50,636 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 28.
- Where is Hayley most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Hayley was most common in Massachusetts, at 0.4 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.