Unisex name · since 1990
Haile
846 babies named Haile in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,435 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 846
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Haile sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 846 recorded since 1990.
Haile has 846 recorded births among girls since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2024.
- #8,435 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 846 born since 1990
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Haile ranks #8,435 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 846 born since 1990, peaking in the 2000s.
- #8,435 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 846
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Haile's 846 recorded births place it above 88.33% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Haile's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Haile splits its recorded history at 2006: 35% of all births land in the more recent half, 65% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2021 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2002 peak of 66 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Haile popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2024
- Peak year (2002)
- 66
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Haile popularity over time - boys
227 total births recorded since 1935 (Haile as boys' name)
Haile by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (459 births, 54% of the file).
2000s was Haile's strongest decade.
459 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Haile births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
234 births
- 2000s
2000s
459 births
- 2010s 125
2010s
125 births
- 2020s 28
2020s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 459 births (54% of all-time use).
How Haile compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Haile's total volume
Haile by state
Where Haile concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 49 | 5.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 39 | 4.6% |
| #3 | Florida | | 23 | 2.7% |
| #4 | New York | | 7 | 0.8% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.6% |
49 of 846 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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- Haile's decade-level peak was the 2000s (459 total births); usage has since declined to 28 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Hailes (49 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Haile: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~34 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1990–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Haile draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.