Hailei — girls' name

What the Data Says About Hailei

The Social Security Administration has registered 288 babies named Hailei between 1994 and 2017, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hailei currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hailei performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 191 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Hailei shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hailei in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hailei 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 288 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.