Recorded 2000–2016 Girls' name Peak 2002 73 births

Heylee — girls' name

73 babies named Heylee in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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2000s
Peak decade

70% of everyone ever named Heylee was born in this single decade.

2002
Single peak year

12 babies were named Heylee in 2002 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Heylee

The Social Security Administration has registered 73 babies named Heylee between 2000 and 2016, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Heylee currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Heylee performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 51 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Heylee shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Heylee 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 73 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.

Heylee at a glance

Last recorded 2016

Total births

73

Since 2000

17 years of records

Peak year

2002

12 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2016

Active since

2000

Recorded for 17 years

Last year on file: 2016

Heylee popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2000

Last recorded 2016
Peak year (2002)
12
Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
468101214 2016201220102008200720062004200320022000 6

Heylee by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
51 births that decade — 70% of Heylee's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Heylee?
73 babies have been named Heylee since 2000. It was last recorded in 2016. The peak year was 2002 with 12 births.
When was Heylee most popular?
Heylee was most popular in the 2000s decade with 51 total births. The single peak year was 2002.
How long has the name Heylee been used?
Heylee has been recorded in Social Security data since 2000, spanning 17 years of data through 2016.
What names are similar to Heylee?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Heydi, Heydy, Heyli, Heylin, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 2000–2016 (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.