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Girl · Old English
Hailey
Say it: HAY-lee
Meaning
A spelling of Haley, from an English surname from Old English hēg 'hay' and lēah 'clearing'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
A top-30 American girls' name in the 2000s.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 2000s
In the United States
- 167,348 babies given this name since 1922
- At its height in 2003, about 1 in 208 girls
- 3,134 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Haley, Hayley, Hailee
Famous bearers
- Hailey Bieber, American model
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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