Girls' name · since 1976
Haily
Haily has 3,113 recorded births since 1976 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2003 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,526 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,641 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,113
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
Haily currently ranks #6641 among girls' names in America, with 3,113 babies recorded since 1976.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Haily has been recorded 3,113 times among girls since 1976, currently ranked #6641 nationally and more common than 62% 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 1976 to 2025.
- #3,526 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,641 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,113 born since 1976
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Haily ranks #3,526 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,641 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,113 born since 1976, peaking in the 2000s.
- #3,526 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,641 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,113
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
Haily's 3,113 recorded births place it above 95.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
26 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Haily compares
3,113 Top 18% higher than 82% 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
Haily's all-time total is 8x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Haily | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,113 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 187 | 21 | 19,840 |
Haily's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Haily's SSA record in two at 2002 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1976, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2003 peak of 187, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Haily popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2025
- Peak year (2003)
- 187
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Haily by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (1,503 births, 48% of the file).
2000s was Haily's strongest decade.
1,503 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Haily births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 22
1970s
22 births
- 1980s 113
1980s
113 births
- 1990s
1990s
875 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,503 births
- 2010s 504
2010s
504 births
- 2020s 96
2020s
96 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 1,503 births (48% of all-time use).
How Haily 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 Haily's total volume
Haily by state
Where Haily concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 392 | 12.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 233 | 7.5% |
| #3 | New York | | 120 | 3.9% |
| #4 | Florida | | 97 | 3.1% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 79 | 2.5% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 70 | 2.2% |
| #7 | Washington | | 59 | 1.9% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 58 | 1.9% |
392 of 3,113 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 26 reporting states.
Haily appears in 26 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Haily's data
- Haily's decade-level peak was the 2000s (1,503 total births); usage has since declined to 96 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Hailys (392 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 Haily: 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 (~49 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, 1976–2025 (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 Haily 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.