Heiley — #10722 US girls' name
124 babies named Heiley in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 39% of names given to girls today.
45% of everyone ever named Heiley was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Heiley in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Heiley
The Social Security Administration has registered 124 babies named Heiley between 2002 and 2024, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Heiley currently holds the #10722 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Heiley performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 56 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Heiley shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Heiley in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Heiley 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 124 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.
Heiley at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Heiley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2002
- Peak year (2010)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
Currently ranks #10722 among girls.
124 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 16 births in a single year.
Heiley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 56 births that decade — 45% of Heiley's all-time total
Heiley decade highlights
- Peak decade 56 births
- Runner-up 47 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Heiley's strongest decade
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Heiley by state
Where Heiley concentrates geographically — total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 18 | 14.5% |
18 of 124 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 14.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 14.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2002–2024 (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.