How Many People Are Named Hayley?
people named Hayley are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 6,763 people in the US has this name
Based on 51,449 babies named Hayley in Social Security records from 1960 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,624 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was originally derived from the name of an English town (meaning "hay clearing" from Old English heg "hay" and leah "clearing"). It was popularized by the British child actress Hayley Mills (1946-), though the name did not become common until over a decade after she first became famous.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Hayley in English. Counting Hayley and these spellings together, about 470,187 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Hayley (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Hayley alive today is about 27 years old, and 60% are under 30. Half of them were between 21 and 33 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Hayley first appears in the records in 1960 and was given most often in 1993, to 2,624 babies. In 2025, 179 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1960 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Hayley has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #120, in 1996. In 2025 it ranked #1,251.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,251 |
| Best rank | #120 (1996) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #150 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Hayley alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Hayley were born in California than in any other state: about 5,655 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Hayley was given 1.6 times as often in Kansas, 1.6 times in New Hampshire and 1.5 times in Arkansas.
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