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Hayley

Hayley: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“hay clearing”
Origin
English
Say it
HAY-lee · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Variant spelling of Hailey, from an English surname and place name derived from Old English heg 'hay' and leah 'clearing, meadow'.

English namesNames meaning natureModern namesSurname-style names

How popular is Hayley?

202470.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Hayley in 2024232

2024 rank#1,070 girls

Peak year1996

Total US babies since 188051,269

Hayley is fading: recent use is about 56% of its level ten years before.

Names like Hayley

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Haileyhay clearing · English
  • Halliedweller at the hall meadow · English
  • Haileehay clearing · English
  • Hayleehay clearing · English
  • Hailiehay clearing · English
  • Hayleighhay meadow · English
  • Hayliehay meadow · English
  • Halievariant of Hailey; hay clearing · English

Hayley questions

What does the name Hayley mean?

Hayley means "hay clearing". It comes from English. Variant spelling of Hailey, from an English surname and place name derived from Old English heg 'hay' and leah 'clearing, meadow'.

Is Hayley a boy or girl name?

Hayley is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Hayley?

232 US babies were named Hayley in 2024. Its peak year was 1996.

How do you pronounce Hayley?

Hayley is usually pronounced HAY-lee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.