Girls' name · since 1968
Haylee
Haylee has 30,213 recorded births since 1968 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #828 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,420 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 30,213
- born since 1968
- 2000s
- peak decade
30,213 babies have been named Haylee since 1968, making it today's #1420 girls' name.
Haylee has 30,213 recorded births among girls since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1420 as of the latest data, more common than 92% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 2025.
- #828 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,420 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 30,213 born since 1968
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Haylee ranks #828 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,420 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 30,213 born since 1968, peaking in the 2000s.
- #828 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,420 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 30,213
- born since 1968
- 2000s
- peak decade
Haylee's 30,213 recorded births place it above 98.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
49 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Haylee compares
30,213 Top 5% higher than 95% 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
Haylee's all-time total is 80x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Haylee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 30,213 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,522 | 21 | 19,840 |
Haylee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Haylee splits its recorded history at 1998: 83% of all births land in the more recent half, 17% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1968 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 1,522 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Haylee popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 1,522
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Haylee popularity over time - boys
20 total births recorded since 2003 (Haylee as boys' name)
Haylee by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (13,999 births, 46% of the file).
2000s was Haylee's strongest decade.
13,999 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Haylee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 104
1970s
104 births
- 1980s 834
1980s
834 births
- 1990s
1990s
5,954 births
- 2000s
2000s
13,999 births
- 2010s
2010s
7,925 births
- 2020s 1,392
2020s
1,392 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 13,999 births (46% of all-time use).
How Haylee 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 Haylee's total volume
Haylee by state
Where Haylee concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 2,889 | 9.6% |
| #2 | California | | 2,679 | 8.9% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 1,554 | 5.1% |
| #4 | Florida | | 1,537 | 5.1% |
| #5 | New York | | 1,159 | 3.8% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 1,099 | 3.6% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 948 | 3.1% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 895 | 3.0% |
2,889 of 30,213 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 49 reporting states.
Haylee appears in 49 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Haylee's data
- Haylee's decade-level peak was the 2000s (13,999 total births); usage has since declined to 1,392 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Haylees (2,889 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Haylee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~57 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, 1968–2025 (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 Haylee 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.