Hailey is a girl's name of English origin meaning “hay and clearing.” In 2024 it was given to 2,620 girls in the United States.
Hailey belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “hay and clearing” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Hailey first appears in Social Security records in 1963. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #19 in 2010, and in 2024 2,620 babies received the name — 178,851 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Hailey means “hay and clearing” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Hailey is a girl name. In 2024, 2,620 babies received the name in the US.
Hailey comes from the English & American tradition.
Hailey first appears in US records in 1963. Its best-ever ranking was #19 in 2010, and 2,620 babies were given the name in 2024.
Hailey is pronounced /ˈheɪli/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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