Hailee — #1288 US girls' name
16,318 babies named Hailee in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 93% of names given to girls today.
46% of everyone ever named Hailee was born in this single decade.
850 babies were named Hailee in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Hailee
The Social Security Administration has registered 16,318 babies named Hailee between 1979 and 2024, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hailee currently holds the #1288 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 850 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Hailee performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 7,427 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Hailee shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,698 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Hailee in 47 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Hailee 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 16,318 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.
Hailee at a glance
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Current rank
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Hailee popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1979
- Peak year (2003)
- 850
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
Currently ranks #1288 among girls.
16,318 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 850 births in a single year.
Hailee popularity over time — boys
6 total births recorded since 2004 (Hailee as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Hailee accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Hailee by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 7,427 births that decade — 46% of Hailee's all-time total
Hailee decade highlights
- Peak decade 7,427 births
- Runner-up 3,791 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Hailee's strongest decade
7,427 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Hailee by state
Where Hailee concentrates geographically — total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,698 | 10.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,256 | 7.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 771 | 4.7% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 703 | 4.3% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 694 | 4.3% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 638 | 3.9% |
| #7 | New York | | 598 | 3.7% |
| #8 | Utah | | 568 | 3.5% |
1,698 of 16,318 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 47 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 10.4% of nationwide
- Texas 7.7% of nationwide
- Florida 4.7% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.3% of nationwide
- Michigan 4.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 47 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 10.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Hailee appears in 47 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1979–2024 (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.