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Haley

“Hay field” — Old English origin

Girl's name · #861 in the US (2025) · 90s

Haley reached its best rank, #28, in 2000 and ranked #861 in 2025. About 160,000 girls have carried it since 1890. Together with its spelling variants Hailey (#104) and Hayley (#1251), Haley would rank around #82 with about 3,000 births last year — the newborns split about 84/10/6 across Hailey, Haley, and Hayley.

Around the world: about 1 in 5,100 girls in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 14,000 girls in France (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 33 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Haleys

• Haley Bennett — American singer and actress
• Haley Lu Richardson — American actress
• Haley Reinhart — American singer and actor
• Haley Ramm — American actress
• Haley Webb — American actress

In stories & tradition

• Haley James Scott — One Tree Hill
• Haley Dunphy — Modern Family
• Haley Long — American Dragon: Jake Long

What Haleys become

Among 192 notable people named Haley:

Sports figures appear 2.86× more often than among typical names — e.g. Haley Anderson, American swimmer, Olympic silver medalist, world champion.

Similar names: Allie · Kelsey · Halle · Kallie · Shelby · Hayley

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