Haley

#861 for girls in 2025, 314 births · Last seen for boys in 2017 at #10,775
Given to girls 99.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
2000 · 9,069 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
17 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
159,511
since 1890

Haley over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201986peak #28, 2000girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#861314
2024#775363
2023#684426
2022#604496
2021#560548
2020#514587
2019#452689
2018#384808
2017#343944#10,7756
2016#3231,011
2015#2791,135
2014#2671,234
2013#2291,410#12,1365
2012#1841,711
2011#1581,959#12,2875
2010#1541,988#12,2315
2009#1232,625#10,9946
2008#1023,342#8,3249
2007#764,200#8,9158
2006#754,298#7,42710
2005#535,128#5,03416
2004#445,728#2,37647
2003#347,198#4,42618
2002#357,457#3,67023
2001#348,011#3,14328
2000#289,069#2,86431
1999#318,202#3,27924
1998#367,934#3,59720
1997#318,687#3,60119
1996#309,042#2,53530
1995#328,208#3,30320
1994#367,803#3,10922
1993#427,618#1,96941
1992#566,040#2,90923
1991#794,463#2,98921
1990#1083,200#3,05820
1989#1252,362#2,90221
1988#1432,004#3,07917
1987#1781,557#3,20115
1986#2031,278#2,68419
1985#1951,378#2,50420
1984#252991#3,45912
1983#259919#4,4998
1982#2451,024#3,28213
1981#312773#6,2625
1980#438490#3,43012
1979#414511#3,01814
1978#397518
1977#442462#4,5827
1976#1,047117
1975#1,066110
1974#960129
1973#1,13298
1972#1,21288
1971#1,29285#3,9637
1970#1,42173#4,7245
1969#1,37070
1968#1,34768#4,1365
1967#1,55952
1966#1,70044
1965#1,71543
1964#1,89239
1963#2,54323#3,3187
1962#2,66821#3,6406
1961#3,18916
1960#4,0385
1959#3,6196
1958#5,4086
1957#3,9935
1956#3,2167
1955
1954#3,4526
1953#5,0406#3,4256
1952#3,7345
1951
1950
1949#5,2445#3,6905
1948#2,7888
1947#3,3706
1946
1945#2,9966
1944#4,5745#3,1096
1943#3,8017#2,7328
1942#4,6225
1941
1940
1939#4,2505
1938#4,3425
1937#3,1756
1936#3,5495
1935#2,43912
1934
1933#3,2686
1932#4,4115
1931#3,0957
1930#4,0476#3,5926
1929#2,58910
1928#4,7255#3,6976
1927#2,85911
1926#4,8515#3,7086
1925#4,0287#4,1975
1924#2,80912#3,0239
1923#2,58713#3,1758
1922#2,95811
1921#3,6668
1920#4,3986#2,9679
1919#3,4528#3,7366
1918#4,8095#2,54311
1917#3,7137
1916#3,0319#3,1777
1915#2,14314
1914#2,4349
1913#2,8276
1912
1911
1910#1,33512
1909
1908#1,8626
1907#1,8216
1906#1,9515
1905
1904#1,17010
1903
1902
1901
1900#1,9325
1899#1,5965
1898
1897#1,0949
1896
1895#1,2028
1894#1,4855
1893#1,1757
1892
1891#1,3325
1890#1,2106
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1890

The first year at least five girls were named Haley! It came in at #1,210, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1891–1892, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Haley
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 86 spots since 2024 (#775#861)
  • 347 spots since 2020 (#514#861)
  • 582 spots since 2015 (#279#861)
  • Biggest jump: 605 spots in 1977 (#1,047#442)
  • Biggest drop: 106 spots in 1975 (#960#1,066)
Rise & fade · girls
110 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1890
  • Peaked 2000 at #28 (9,069 births)
  • Births halved by 2006, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 17 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 17 yrs · run 1991–2007
  • Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1977–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 194
  • Highest: 1 in 194 girls born in 1996 were named Haley (0.52%)
  • Latest: 1 in 5,119 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
  • Its best rank, #28 in 2000, was only 1 in 200 (0.50%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 44.6% of all girls named Haley (71,197) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s45#1,094 (1897)#1,299
1900s32#1,170 (1904)#1,747
1910s70#1,335 (1910)#2,968
1920s78#2,587 (1923)#3,653
1930s33#2,439 (1935)#3,898
1940s22#3,801 (1943)#4,560
1950s12#5,040 (1953)#5,224
1960s376#1,347 (1968)#1,998
1970s2,191#397 (1978)#938
1980s12,776#125 (1989)#235
1990s71,197#30 (1996)#48
2000s57,056#28 (2000)#60
2010s12,889#154 (2010)#277
2020s2,734#514 (2020)#666

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Haley in 1986

girls
#203
1,278 births · 1 in 1,342 girls
boys
#2,684
19 births · 1 in 96,922 boys

Top girls' names in 1986

  1. #1Jessica52,682
  2. #2Ashley49,671
  3. #3Amanda40,532
  4. #4Jennifer36,187
  5. #5Sarah28,163
  6. #6Stephanie22,651
  7. #7Nicole21,292
  8. #8Brittany20,313
  9. #9Heather19,790
  10. #10Elizabeth19,074
  11. #203Haley1,278

Top boys' names in 1986

  1. #1Michael64,235
  2. #2Christopher56,693
  3. #3Matthew46,929
  4. #4Joshua37,542
  5. #5David37,150
  6. #6Daniel36,573
  7. #7James34,057
  8. #8Andrew33,858
  9. #9Robert31,350
  10. #10John30,209
  11. #2,684Haley19
More about 1986

girls

1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 1,342 of them was named Haley, which outranked 98.4% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Haley
  1. #200Tasha1,302
  2. #201Tonya1,298
  3. #202Deborah1,287
  4. #203Haley1,278
  5. #204Jessie1,276
  6. #205Regina1,269
  7. #206Trisha1,268
Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. 9,719Kyrie#10,677#958
  2. 4,778Sable#5,678#900
  3. 2,034Eliana#2,484#450
  4. 1,497Shatara#2,484#987
  5. 1,374Cherrelle#2,253#879
Fallers
  1. 442Violeta#963#1,405
  2. 361Micaela#545#906
  3. 361Tasia#572#933
  4. 324Jo#925#1,249
  5. 306Tammie#987#1,293

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 96,922 of them was named Haley, which outranked 65.7% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Haley
  1. #2,601Waleed20
  2. #2,601Wally20
  3. #2,601Willia20
  4. #2,684Haley19
  5. #2,684Abran19
  6. #2,684Adolphus19
  7. #2,684Akira19
  8. #2,779Abdiel18
  9. #2,779Adem18
  10. #2,779Albaro18

Tied with 94 names at #2,684; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. 1,279Spenser#2,226#947
  2. 920Jayce#1,614#694
  3. 714Addison#1,228#514
  4. 649Payton#1,614#965
  5. 573Cordell#1,181#608
Fallers
  1. 409Ulises#877#1,286
  2. 365Eliot#934#1,299
  3. 322Jordy#998#1,320
  4. 313Trace#956#1,269
  5. 292Kennith#963#1,255

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1986