Haeley
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HAY-lee
- Origin
- English
Haeley is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “hay clearing”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Haeley mean?
English: variant of Hayley, from Old English hieg 'hay' + leah 'clearing'
“hay clearing”
A variant of Hayley, an English place and surname from Old English words for hay and clearing.
Is Haeley a girl's or a boy's name?
Haeley is a girls' name.
How popular is Haeley in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the girls named Haeley in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Haeley in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,412 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 24 | #5,544 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,432 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 23 | #5,082 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
Names like Haeley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Harley Hailey Bailey Riley Hadley Presley Marley Lily Sydney Ashley Hunter Hallie
Names related to Haeley
More English names
Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hazel Carter Harrison
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Haeley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/haeley, updated 20 October 2026.