Unisex name · since 1999
Haylen
Haylen has 1,029 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,371 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,242 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,029
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
1,029 babies have been named Haylen since 1999, making it today's #6242 unisex name.
Haylen has 1,029 recorded births among girls since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6242 as of the latest data, more common than 64% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #7,371 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,242 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,029 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Haylen ranks #7,371 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,242 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,029 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #7,371 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,242 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,029
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Haylen's 1,029 recorded births place it above 89.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Haylen compares
1,029 Top 32% higher than 68% 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
Haylen's all-time total is 174% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Haylen | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,029 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 81 | 21 | 19,840 |
Haylen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Haylen splits its recorded history at 2012: 64% of all births land in the more recent half, 36% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1999 (7 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 81 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Haylen popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 81
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Haylen popularity over time - boys
181 total births recorded since 2002 (Haylen as boys' name)
Haylen by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (488 births, 47% of the file).
2010s was Haylen's strongest decade.
488 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Haylen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2000s
2000s
245 births
- 2010s
2010s
488 births
- 2020s
2020s
289 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 488 births (47% of all-time use).
How Haylen 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 Haylen's total volume
Haylen by state
Where Haylen concentrates geographically, total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 141 | 13.7% |
| #2 | California | | 57 | 5.5% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 17 | 1.7% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 15 | 1.5% |
| #5 | Florida | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Alabama | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.5% |
141 of 1,029 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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- Haylen's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (488 total births) through the 2020s (289) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Haylens (141 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Haylen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1999–2025 (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 Haylen 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.