Hayle — girls' name

What the Data Says About Hayle

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,526 babies named Hayle between 1977 and 2023, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hayle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 95 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hayle performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 750 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Hayle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 114 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Hayle in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hayle 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 1,526 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.