The name Hayley is of English origin, and means hay clearing.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Hayley has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Hayley
Use of the Name Hayley for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
37,535
37,535
36,838
20,516
8,894
3,146
1,288
The table below indicates the number of times the name Hayley has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Hayley first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1977, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Hayley
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1977
712
218
1978
675
236
1979
696
243
1980
727
230
1981
480
440
1982
437
493
1983
523
364
1984
475
431
1985
356
663
1986
282
867
1987
278
884
1988
309
800
1989
285
933
1990
267
1,050
1991
170
1,755
1992
135
2,439
1993
126
2,614
1994
136
2,359
1995
134
2,359
1996
120
2,575
1997
136
2,351
1998
151
2,079
1999
144
2,258
2000
148
2,297
2001
182
1,785
2002
192
1,666
2003
174
1,858
2004
244
1,288
Totals:
37,535
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Hayley as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Hayley appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 28 times during the last 125 years.