Haley

Haley was the #861 girls' name in the US in 2025 (314 babies), and #4,867 in England & Wales and #1,265 in Canada.

Haley as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Haley as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Haley as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#861 (314)#4,867 (4)———#1,265 (20)
2024#775 (363)#3,696 (6)———#917 (30)
2023#684 (426)#4,057 (5)———#808 (34)
2022#604 (496)#3,971 (5)——#905 (3)#710 (39)
2021#560 (548)—#792 (3)——#560 (53)
2020#514 (587)#3,117 (7)———#761 (37)
2019#452 (689)#5,591 (3)——#871 (3)#643 (47)
2018#384 (808)————#690 (42)
2017#343 (944)#3,583 (6)#808 (3)——#559 (56)
2016#323 (1,011)#4,096 (5)———#501 (65)
2015#279 (1,135)———#751 (4)#428 (78)
2014#267 (1,234)#5,691 (3)——#876 (3)#436 (75)
2013#229 (1,410)#5,742 (3)——#747 (4)#438 (73)
2012#184 (1,711)#2,338 (11)——#768 (4)#333 (97)
2011#158 (1,959)#2,432 (10)——#798 (4)#392 (82)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1996 at #30.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1890.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,100 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 5,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 63,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 7,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Haley is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,800 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 5,600 to 1 in 6,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Haley by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #700WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #195NDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #667ILMichigan: #965MINew York: #980NYMassachusetts: #682MAOregon: #548ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #437IAIndiana: #815INOhio: #801OHPennsylvania: #515PANew Jersey: #939NJConnecticut: #322CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #997CAUtah: #539UTColorado: #907CONebraska: #396NEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #653KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #662VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #818AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #973NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #819ALGeorgia: #915GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #917TXFlorida: #959FL
Haley (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#93212

Haley (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
HaleyCanadaGirls#1,26520
HaleyCanadaBoys—too few
HaleyEngland & WalesGirls#4,8674
HaleyIrelandGirls—too few
HaleyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
HaleyScotlandGirls—too few
HaleyUSGirls#861314
HaleyUSBoys—too few