Girl · Old English
Hayley
Say it: HAY-lee
Meaning
From an English surname, from Old English hēg 'hay' and lēah 'clearing'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Made popular as a girls' name in the 1960s by Hayley Mills.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1990s
In the United States
- 50,010 babies given this name since 1960
- At its height in 1996, about 1 in 680 girls
- 419 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Haley, Hailey, Haylee
Famous bearers
- Hayley Mills, English actress
Names worth a look
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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