girls:
176.2k births since 1963
#225 (96th percentile)
boys:
271 births since 1922
#4315 (6th percentile)
overall:
176.5k births since 1922
#434 (94th percentile)
The name Hailey is the #434 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 176,471 recorded births since 1922. This represents the 94.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 94.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #225 (96.1% percentile) for all time with 176,200 births since 1963. For boys, it ranks #4,315 (5.8% percentile) for all time with 271 births since 1922.
Hailey first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1922 (1922 for boys and 1963 for girls). Birth data for Hailey is available in 60 out of the 102 years between 1922 and 2023 (58 years for girls and 29 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Hailey has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.8% of all recorded births being female. Interestingly, until around 1963, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1922 to 1962), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (99.9% girls from 1963 to 2023).
For girls, Hailey reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 98.1% percentile (ranked #19) with 3,583 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 4,385 births per million (ranked 97.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2005, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Hailey ranks #88 for girls (90.8% percentile) with 1,587 births per million, which is 36.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Hailey reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 4.1% percentile (ranked #812) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 19 births per million (ranked 4.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Hailey ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 17.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Hailey".
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