Girls' name · peaked in 2009
Haylee name popularity since 1925
30,233 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Haylee. Half of them were born in 2006 or earlier, so the typical Haylee is about 20 years old in 2026. Haylee peaked in 2009 as the #211 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 30,233
- Named Haylee, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,419 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 30,213 girls · 20 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 3.48× its national share
Peak year is the year Haylee 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.
Haylee births per year, 1925–2025
2009 was the biggest year for Haylee both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1990 and 1995, Haylee became 3.9× more common, from 1 in 10,500 baby girls to 1 in 2,710.
- Steepest fall: Between 2011 and 2016, its share of baby girls fell by 59%, from 1 in 1,380 to 1 in 3,370.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Haylee's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Haylee.
Decade by decade
Babies named Haylee 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 | 5 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 104 | 0 | #5,673 |
| 1980s | 834 | 0 | #1,609 |
| 1990s | 5,954 | 0 | #404 |
| 2000s | 13,999 | 20 | #230 |
| 2010s | 7,925 | 0 | #482 |
| 2020–25 | 1,392 | 0 | #1,419 |
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
66.7% of babies named Haylee from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Haylee is most popular
The index compares Haylee'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 Haylee.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 3.48× | 855 |
| Oklahoma | 1.97× | 739 |
| Arizona | 1.67× | 626 |
| Oregon | 1.57× | 425 |
| Arkansas | 1.49× | 441 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Haylee 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Haylee (this page) | 30,213 | 2009 |
| Hayley | 51,403 | 1996 |
| Hailee | 16,484 | 2003 |
| Haylie | 10,232 | 2007 |
| Hayli | 1,838 | 2000 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Haylee's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Haylee.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Haylee (2009).
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