Girls' name · since 1979
Hailee
Hailee has 16,484 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2003 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,201 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,357 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 16,484
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Hailee currently ranks #1357 among girls' names in America, with 16,484 babies recorded since 1979.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hailee has been recorded 16,484 times among girls since 1979, currently ranked #1357 nationally and more common than 92% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #1,201 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,357 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 16,484 born since 1979
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hailee ranks #1,201 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,357 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 16,484 born since 1979, peaking in the 2000s.
- #1,201 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,357 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 16,484
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Hailee's 16,484 recorded births place it above 98.33% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
47 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Hailee compares
16,484 Top 7% higher than 93% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Hailee's all-time total is 44x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Hailee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 16,484 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 850 | 21 | 19,840 |
Hailee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Hailee's full recorded timeline at 2002, 66% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 34% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1981, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2003 peak of 850 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Hailee popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2003)
- 850
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Hailee popularity over time - boys
6 total births recorded since 2004 (Hailee as boys' name)
Hailee by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (7,427 births, 45% of the file).
2000s was Hailee's strongest decade.
7,427 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Hailee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 8
1970s
8 births
- 1980s 375
1980s
375 births
- 1990s
1990s
3,709 births
- 2000s
2000s
7,427 births
- 2010s
2010s
3,791 births
- 2020s 1,174
2020s
1,174 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 7,427 births (45% of all-time use).
How Hailee 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 Hailee's total volume
Hailee by state
Where Hailee concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,718 | 10.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,269 | 7.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 786 | 4.8% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 703 | 4.3% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 699 | 4.2% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 646 | 3.9% |
| #7 | New York | | 609 | 3.7% |
| #8 | Utah | | 568 | 3.4% |
1,718 of 16,484 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 47 reporting states.
Hailee appears in 47 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Hailee's data
- Hailee's decade-level peak was the 2000s (7,427 total births); usage has since declined to 1,174 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Hailees (1,718 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Hailee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1979–2025 (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 Hailee 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.