Hailey

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Hailey: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Hailey: Recorded since 1983, its highest recorded position is #73, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
77times a registrar ranked it
43years from first to last
#73highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1222
1997	#1176
1998	#1480
1999	#2444
2000	#2746
2001	#1520
2002	#1245
2003	#1325
2004	#1252
2005	#1406
2006	#1052
2007	#1234
2008	#1718
2009	#1022
2010	#1125
2011	#1196
2012	#1099
2013	#1400
2014	#1628
2015	#1324
2016	#1086
2017	#1258
2018	#843
2019	#724
2020	#617
2021	#501
2022	#427
2023	#373
2024	#395

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 29 of the 43 years from 1983 to 2025.

In 2025: #79 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #239 among girls in Norway.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1983–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1983
First recorded at #529 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1983 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1983–2025
Highest recorded position: #73 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2023 (recorded 1983–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #239 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Hailey appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1983, and has registered 695 births with the name.

Hailey across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Hailey's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#529 (1983)	#73 (2023)	#79 (2025)	29 of 43	695 (1983–2025)	75 (2023)
England and Wales · Girls	#1222 (1996)	#373 (2023)	#395 (2024)	29 of 29	1,001 (1996–2024)	112 (2023)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#419 (2009)	#108 (2021)	#134 (2024)	15 of 16	116 (2009–2024)	21 (2021)
Norway · Girls	#181 (2023)	#181 (2023)	#239 (2025)	3 of 3	69 (2023–2025)	27 (2023)

Hailey by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Hailey in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	49	4 of 10	12
2000s	177	10 of 10	18
2010s	309	10 of 10	31
2020sbusiest	466	5 of 10	93

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 93 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Hailey appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1983 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #73 in Republic of Ireland in 2023.

Hailey's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#395	109	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#373	112	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#427	99	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#501	84	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#617	62	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#724	53	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#843	44	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1258	27	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1086	32	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1324	25	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1628	18	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1400	23	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1099	31	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1196	27	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1125	29	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1022	31	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1718	15	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1234	22	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1052	26	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1406	16	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1252	18	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1325	16	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1245	16	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1520	12	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1480	12	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1176	16	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1222	15	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#134	15	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#171	11	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#162	12	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#108	21	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#246	6	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#213	8	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#208	9	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#355	4	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#353	4	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#269	6	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#365	4	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#284	6	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#383	4	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#430	3	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#419	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#239	17	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#186	25	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#181	27	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#79	62	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#89	54	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#73	75	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#75	72	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#113	48	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#107	47	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#109	50	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#120	46	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#199	26	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#195	26	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#204	26	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#373	12	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#273	18	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#250	20	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#340	14	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#293	18	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	10	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#403	11	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#550	5	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#559	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#413	5	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	10	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	5	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#384	6	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#329	8	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#340	8	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#529	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#176	23	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1983 and 2025, ranked in 35 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #73, first reached in 2023.

It held a top-100 place in 4 years, 4 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 112 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 41 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Haitham · #1688, 23y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Bryce · #73, 36y
Kaleb · #75, 30y
Harmony · #70, 30y
Keegan · #70, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Bryce · #73, 36y
Candice · #72, 35y
Elliott · #71, 34y
Lucie · #71, 31y

Hailey was ranked #73 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2023. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Hailey and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Hailey without appearing here.

Hailey moved ahead of

Pauline Compare
In 2008 they stood at #1718 and #1718 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #1022 and #3936.
Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2746 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1520 and #3998.
Pamela Compare
In 2008 they stood at #1718 and #1516 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #1022 and #2148.
Geraldine Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1520 and #1170 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1245 and #2301.

Moved ahead of Hailey

Riley Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1480 and #1823 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #2444 and #1805.
Mila Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1245 and #1442 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #1325 and #799.
Ada Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1252 and #1617 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #1406 and #951.
Aria Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1022 and #1248 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1125 and #773.

Moved the opposite way to Hailey

Aoife Compare
Between 1983 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Hailey went from #529 to #79 while Aoife went from #10 to #34.
Audrey Compare
Between 1983 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Hailey went from #529 to #79 while Audrey went from #97 to #885.
Eileen Compare
Between 1983 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Hailey went from #529 to #79 while Eileen went from #77 to #443.
Martina Compare
Between 1983 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Hailey went from #529 to #79 while Martina went from #45 to #325.

Moved the same way as Hailey

Abigail Compare
Between 1983 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Hailey went from #529 to #79 and Abigail from #476 to #115.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1983 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Hailey went from #529 to #79 and Alexandra from #313 to #141.
Alice Compare
Between 1983 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Hailey went from #529 to #79 and Alice from #153 to #41.
Anna Compare
Between 1983 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Hailey went from #529 to #79 and Anna from #72 to #26.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1983 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #73 in Republic of Ireland in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Hailey

Hailey at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Hailey across 4 official records

Hailey by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Hailey appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

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Hailey and the names beside it

Hailey moved ahead of

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Hailey at a glance

Hailey across 4 official records

Hailey by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Hailey appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Hailey

Hailey and the names beside it

Hailey moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Hailey

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