Haile
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HY-lee
- Origin
- Amharic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Haile is a boys' name of Amharic origin, meaning “power; might”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Haile mean?
Amharic: Amharic; also used as a spelling of Hailey
“power; might”
Haile Selassie, the last emperor of Ethiopia, bore a name meaning 'power of the Trinity'.
Is Haile a girl's or a boy's name?
Haile is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Haile in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 100% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Haile, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2019, with 5 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Haile in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
How popular is Haile in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 66 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990. 5 boys were also named Haile in 2025 (12,003rd for boys).
Half of all the girls named Haile in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2009, 80% of the babies named Haile in the US were girls.
Haile in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,600 |
| 2009 | 32 | #4,570 |
| 2008 | 37 | #4,178 |
| 2007 | 38 | #4,049 |
| 2006 | 39 | #3,853 |
| 2005 | 51 | #3,077 |
| 2004 | 38 | #3,744 |
| 2003 | 55 | #2,797 |
| 2002 | 66 | #2,411 |
| 2001 | 45 | #3,087 |
| 2000 | 58 | #2,565 |
| 1999 | 43 | #3,045 |
| 1998 | 32 | #3,645 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,505 |
| 1996 | 30 | #3,627 |
| 1995 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 1994 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
Names like Haile
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza Muhammad Musa Jesse Ibrahim Umar Ahmed Syed Amir Hussain Khalid Hugo
Names related to Haile
More Amharic names
Amare Aryam Gelila Mahelet Nolawi Haset Tafari Bruk Leul Naod Kidus Melat Menelik Nuhamin Meklit Kirubel
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Haile: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/haile, updated 20 October 2026.