Girls' name · peaked in 2003
Hailee name popularity since 1925
16,490 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Hailee. Half of them were born in 2005 or earlier, so the typical Hailee is about 21 years old in 2026. Hailee peaked in 2003 as the #360 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 16,490
- Named Hailee, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,355 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 16,484 girls · 6 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 4.50× its national share
Peak year is the year Hailee made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Hailee births per year, 1925–2025
2003 was the biggest year for Hailee both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1990 and 1995, Hailee became 3.9× more common, from 1 in 17,100 baby girls to 1 in 4,440.
- Steepest fall: Between 2011 and 2016, its share of baby girls fell by 44%, from 1 in 3,370 to 1 in 6,050.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Hailee's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Hailee.
Decade by decade
Babies named Hailee in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 8 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1980s | 375 | 0 | #2,757 |
| 1990s | 3,709 | 0 | #580 |
| 2000s | 7,427 | 6 | #404 |
| 2010s | 3,791 | 0 | #828 |
| 2020–25 | 1,174 | 0 | #1,355 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
63.7% of babies named Hailee from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Hailee is most popular
The index compares Hailee's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Hailee.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 4.50× | 568 |
| Arizona | 2.22× | 427 |
| Washington | 2.03× | 503 |
| Florida | 1.47× | 786 |
| Wisconsin | 1.31× | 383 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Hailee and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Hailee (this page) | 16,484 | 2003 |
| Hailey | 181,434 | 2003 |
| Haylee | 30,213 | 2009 |
| Hailie | 6,565 | 2003 |
| Haily | 3,113 | 2003 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Hailee's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Hailee.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Hailee (2003).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data