girls:
975 births since 1999
#4741 (17th percentile)
boys:
165 births since 2002
#4421 (4th percentile)
overall:
1.1k births since 1999
#6599 (15th percentile)
The name Haylen is the #6,599 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,140 recorded births since 1999. This represents the 14.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 14.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,741 (17.0% percentile) for all time with 975 births since 1999. For boys, it ranks #4,421 (3.5% percentile) for all time with 165 births since 2002.
Haylen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1999 (1999 for girls and 2002 for boys).
The name Haylen has been given predominantly to girls, with 85.5% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 85.5% of babies named Haylen were girls.
For girls, Haylen reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 7.8% percentile (ranked #883) with 45 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 45 births per million (ranked 7.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Haylen ranks #905 for girls (4.4% percentile) with 27 births per million, which is 60.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Haylen reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #897) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Haylen ranks #908 for boys (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 63.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Haylen".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Haylen is pronounced as HAY-luhn, which has 2 syllables.
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