Recorded 1986–2017 Girls' name Peak 2003 817 births

Haylea — girls' name

817 babies named Haylea in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s311990s3062000s3842010s96
2000s
Peak decade

47% of everyone ever named Haylea was born in this single decade.

2003
Single peak year

55 babies were named Haylea in 2003 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Haylea

The Social Security Administration has registered 817 babies named Haylea between 1986 and 2017, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Haylea currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 55 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Haylea performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 384 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Haylea shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 61 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Haylea in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Haylea 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 817 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.

Haylea at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

817

Since 1986

32 years of records

Peak year

2003

55 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

1986

Recorded for 32 years

Last year on file: 2017

Haylea popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1986

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2003)
55
Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
0204060 201720132009200520011997199319891986 6

Haylea by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
384 births that decade — 47% of Haylea's all-time total
1980s311990s3062000s3842010s96

Haylea by state

Where Haylea concentrates geographically — total births since 1986

Geographically diffuse
Top 4 states by recorded births for the name Haylea
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
61 7.5%
#2 Tennessee
6 0.7%
#3 Ohio
5 0.6%
#4 West Virginia
5 0.6%
Texas share of Haylea's total US births 7.5%
Even split

61 of 817 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Haylea?
817 babies have been named Haylea since 1986. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2003 with 55 births.
When was Haylea most popular?
Haylea was most popular in the 2000s decade with 384 total births. The single peak year was 2003.
Where is Haylea most popular?
The top states for the name Haylea are Texas (61 births), Tennessee (6 births), Ohio (5 births).
How long has the name Haylea been used?
Haylea has been recorded in Social Security data since 1986, spanning 32 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Haylea?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Hayley, Hayden, Haylee, Haylie, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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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, 1986–2017 (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.