Haley

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Haley: Recorded since 1979, it reached #81 in 1985, and it stood at #3,695 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
56times a registrar ranked it
46years from first to last
#81highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1222
1997	#946
1998	#1480
1999	#1675
2000	#1688
2001	#2466
2002	#1928
2003	#1552
2004	#2278
2005	#1934
2006	#3116
2007	#2410
2008	#3860
2009	#2759
2010	#4012
2011	#2432
2012	#2338
2013	#5742
2014	#5691
2016	#4096
2017	#3583
2019	#5591
2020	#3117
2022	#3970
2023	#4056
2024	#3695

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 22 of the 44 years from 1979 to 2022.

In 2022: #905 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3970 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1979–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1979
First recorded at #523 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1979 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1983–1986
Highest recorded position: #81 among girls in New Zealand, in 1985 (recorded 1983–1986).
New Zealand · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3695 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Haley appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 26 ranked years and 213 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1979.

Haley 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.

Haley'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	#523 (1979)	#309 (1994)	#905 (2022)	22 of 44	97 (1979–2022)	9 (1993)
England and Wales · Girls	#1222 (1996)	#946 (1997)	#3695 (2024)	26 of 29	213 (1996–2024)	22 (1997)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#358 (1997)	#351 (1998)	#430 (2010)	5 of 14	15 (1997–2010)	3 (1997)
New Zealand · Girls	#96 (1983)	#81 (1985)	#86 (1986)	3 of 4	173 (1983–1986)	63 (1985)

Haley 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 Haley in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	59	4 of 10	15
2000sbusiest	85	10 of 10	9
2010s	46	8 of 10	6
2020s	23	4 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 9 births a year.

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

Haley 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 4 regions, from 1979 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #81 in New Zealand in 1985.

Haley'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	#3695	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3117	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2338	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2432	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2759	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2410	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1934	11	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2278	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1552	13	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1928	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1688	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1675	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1480	12	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#946	22	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1222	15	High	Verified
1986	New Zealand	female	#86	57	High	Verified
1985	New Zealand	female	#81	63	High	Verified
1983	New Zealand	female	#96	53	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#430	3	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#419	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#384	3	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#351	3	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#358	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#905	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#751	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#768	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#798	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#663	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#705	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#356	7	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#327	8	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#309	9	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#320	9	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	3	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#445	4	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1979 and 2024, ranked in 37 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #81, first reached in 1985.

It held a top-100 place in 3 years, 2 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 63 births, registered in New Zealand in 1985.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1983, and 18 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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A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Ruadhan · #81, 35y
Rupert · #80, 35y
Iona · #83, 32y
Renae · #83, 34y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Ruadhan · #81, 35y
Abel · #82, 43y
Caragh · #80, 47y
Cleo · #82, 39y

Haley was ranked #81 in New Zealand · Girls in 1985. 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.

Haley 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 Haley without appearing here.

Haley moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5591 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #5493.
Geraldine Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5591 and #5591 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #5493.
Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #5891.
Helene Compare
In 2016 they stood at #5691 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #3583 and #5765.

Moved ahead of Haley

Marilyn Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2338 and #2521 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #5742 and #1707.
Selma Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2338 and #2521 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #5742 and #1707.
Linnea Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3583 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #5591 and #2643.
Meabh Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3117 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3970 and #1142.

Moved the opposite way to Haley

Abigail Compare
Between 1979 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Haley went from #523 to #905 while Abigail went from #391 to #84.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1979 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Haley went from #523 to #905 while Alexandra went from #467 to #118.
Alice Compare
Between 1979 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Haley went from #523 to #905 while Alice went from #170 to #29.
Anna Compare
Between 1979 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Haley went from #523 to #905 while Anna went from #66 to #25.

Moved the same way as Haley

Alma Compare
Between 1979 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Haley went from #523 to #905 and Alma from #236 to #389.
Aoife Compare
Between 1979 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Haley went from #523 to #905 and Aoife from #21 to #30.
Audrey Compare
Between 1979 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Haley went from #523 to #905 and Audrey from #68 to #905.
Eileen Compare
Between 1979 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Haley went from #523 to #905 and Eileen from #75 to #357.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 4 regions, from 1979 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #81 in New Zealand in 1985. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Haley

Haley at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Haley across 4 official records

Haley by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Haley appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Haley and the names beside it

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Haley at a glance

Haley across 4 official records

Haley by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Haley appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Haley

Haley and the names beside it

Haley moved ahead of

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