NameTides

Hayley

Hayley was the #1,250 girls' name in the US in 2025 (179 babies), and #478 in England & Wales and #966 in Canada.

Hayley as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Hayley as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandScotlandNorthern IrelandEngland & WalesCanadaUS
Hayley as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#1,250 (179)#478 (83)#172 (24)#191 (9)#148 (31)#966 (28)——
2024#1,070 (232)#503 (78)#230 (16)#227 (7)#121 (38)#734 (40)——
2023#971 (266)#451 (88)#180 (23)#237 (7)#123 (38)#714 (39)——
2022#829 (338)#550 (71)#156 (27)#140 (15)#172 (29)#523 (55)——
2021#704 (409)#521 (78)#198 (21)#171 (12)#109 (50)#516 (57)——
2020#674 (423)#525 (76)#186 (21)#228 (7)#111 (46)#538 (54)——
2019#697 (415)#496 (83)#150 (31)#167 (12)#111 (49)#573 (54)——
2018#632 (472)#536 (78)#244 (16)#218 (8)#118 (47)#395 (82)#96 (73)—
2017#611 (496)#683 (60)#229 (19)#190 (10)#130 (44)#427 (77)——
2016#623 (479)#516 (83)#159 (31)#306 (5)#148 (38)#393 (88)#89 (80)—
2015#548 (566)#532 (81)#156 (29)#223 (8)#197 (28)#371 (92)——
2014#517 (598)#448 (97)#159 (30)#314 (5)#203 (26)#391 (86)#80 (86)#89 (59)
2013#544 (546)#393 (109)#102 (46)#218 (9)#143 (41)#253 (129)#85 (82)#65 (79)
2012#459 (678)#414 (110)#110 (44)#229 (8)#139 (42)#348 (94)#51 (135)#58 (85)
2011#431 (728)#370 (127)#155 (29)#147 (15)#137 (44)#254 (129)#48 (137)#65 (74)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1996 at #120.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1960.

How common is it?

about 1 in 9,000 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 9,000uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 750common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 810common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 680common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Hayley is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 11,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 11,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Hayley by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #915WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #1,210MINew York: #859NYMassachusetts: #873MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #508NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,108PANew Jersey: #1,168NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,149CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #704VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew 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: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,358GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,460TXFlorida: #1,000FL
Hayley (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#56422

Hayley (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
HayleyCanadaGirls#96628
HayleyEngland & WalesGirls#47883
HayleyIrelandGirls#14831
HayleyNorthern IrelandGirls#1919
HayleyNSWGirls—too few
HayleyScotlandGirls#17224
HayleyUSGirls#1,250179
HayleyUSBoys—too few
HayleyVICGirls—too few