Haley

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Primarily a girl's name · 99% girls

Origin: English

Meaning

Haley is an English given name, which may be either male or female. It is derived from the English surname Haley, which in turn was based on an Old English toponym, a compound of heg "hay" and leah "clearing or meadow".

From Wikipedia

Haley first appears in the data in 1890 and has been recorded in 104 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2000 with 9,069 babies (rank #28 that year). In 2024 it was given to 361 girls (rank #779). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Haley

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Haley yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

160,023
Total babies (all years)
104
Years in the data
9,069
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
18906#1,268
18915#1,407
18937#1,225
18945#1,573
18958#1,241
18979#1,113
18995#1,704
19005#2,048
190410#1,200
19065#2,067
19076#1,922
19086#1,957
191012#1,373
19136#2,989
19149#2,509
191514#2,182
19169#3,127
19177#3,879
19185#5,137
19198#3,607
19206#4,618
19218#3,815
192211#3,039
192313#2,642
192412#2,878
19257#4,188
19265#5,184
192711#2,931
19285#5,015
19306#4,257
19325#4,679
193512#2,480
19385#4,585
19395#4,517
19425#4,908
19437#3,953
19445#4,832
19495#5,545
19536#5,278
19586#5,665
196116#3,239
196221#2,690
196323#2,572
196439#1,900
196543#1,724
196644#1,703
196752#1,569
196868#1,353
196970#1,376
197074#1,411
197185#1,296
197288#1,212
197398#1,132
1974129#962
1975110#1,072
1976117#1,050
1977462#442
1978518#397
1979511#414
1980490#438
1981774#312
19821,023#245
1983919#259
1984991#252
19851,378#196
19861,278#203
19871,557#178
19882,004#143
19892,362#125
19903,200#108
19914,463#79
19926,040#56
19937,618#42
19947,803#36
19958,209#32
19969,042#30
19978,687#31
19987,934#36
19998,202#31
20009,069#28
20018,011#34
20027,457#35
20037,198#34
20045,728#44
20055,128#53
20064,298#75
20074,200#76
20083,342#101
20092,625#123
20101,987#154
20111,957#158
20121,710#184
20131,410#229
20141,234#267
20151,134#280
20161,011#323
2017944#343
2018807#385
2019688#452
2020586#516
2021547#562
2022496#603
2023425#684
2024361#779