Recorded 1988–2015 Girls' name Peak 2010 397 births

Haeley — girls' name

397 babies named Haeley in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s111990s1392000s1902010s57
2000s
Peak decade

48% of everyone ever named Haeley was born in this single decade.

2010
Single peak year

25 babies were named Haeley in 2010 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Haeley

The Social Security Administration has registered 397 babies named Haeley between 1988 and 2015, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Haeley currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Haeley performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 190 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Haeley shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Haeley in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Haeley in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 397 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Haeley at a glance

Last recorded 2015

Total births

397

Since 1988

28 years of records

Peak year

2010

25 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2015

Active since

1988

Recorded for 28 years

Last year on file: 2015

Haeley popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1988

Last recorded 2015
Peak year (2010)
25
Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
051015202530 20152010200620021998199419901988 5

Haeley by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
190 births that decade — 48% of Haeley's all-time total
1980s111990s1392000s1902010s57

Haeley by state

Where Haeley concentrates geographically — total births since 1988

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Haeley
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 1.3%
California share of Haeley's total US births 1.3%

5 of 397 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Haeley?
397 babies have been named Haeley since 1988. It was last recorded in 2015. The peak year was 2010 with 25 births.
When was Haeley most popular?
Haeley was most popular in the 2000s decade with 190 total births. The single peak year was 2010.
Where is Haeley most popular?
The top states for the name Haeley are California (5 births).
How long has the name Haeley been used?
Haeley has been recorded in Social Security data since 1988, spanning 28 years of data through 2015.
What names are similar to Haeley?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Haelyn, Haevyn, Haedyn, Haelynn, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1988–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.