Hailee
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HAY-lee
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,675 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,352 for girls
Hailee is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “hay clearing”. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies) and 1,352nd for girls in the US (163 babies).
What does Hailee mean?
English: spelling of Hailey, an English place name and surname
“hay clearing”
A spelling of Hailey, from an English place name meaning hay clearing.
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Is Hailee a girl's or a boy's name?
Hailee is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK and 163 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hailee in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,675among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Hailee, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most girls named Hailee of any year since it first appeared, in 2003.
Half of all the girls named Hailee in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 315 girls in the UK were given Hailee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #199, up from #2,675 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Hailee in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,675 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
How popular is Hailee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,352among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 163about 1 in 9,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 163 girls in the US were named Hailee, making it the 1,352nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,111th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 850 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Hailee than any year since 1990.
Half of all the girls named Hailee in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,349 girls in the US were given Hailee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #90, up from #1,352 for this spelling alone.
Hailee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 163 | #1,352 |
| 2024 | 180 | #1,284 |
| 2023 | 183 | #1,255 |
| 2022 | 222 | #1,114 |
| 2021 | 206 | #1,181 |
| 2020 | 220 | #1,111 |
| 2019 | 275 | #958 |
| 2018 | 309 | #876 |
| 2017 | 312 | #877 |
| 2016 | 293 | #935 |
| 2015 | 339 | #827 |
| 2014 | 365 | #765 |
| 2013 | 382 | #722 |
| 2012 | 422 | #670 |
| 2011 | 522 | #560 |
| 2010 | 572 | #521 |
| 2009 | 590 | #512 |
| 2008 | 691 | #458 |
| 2007 | 728 | #441 |
| 2006 | 689 | #457 |
| 2005 | 779 | #404 |
| 2004 | 790 | #392 |
| 2003 | 850 | #360 |
| 2002 | 801 | #369 |
| 2001 | 758 | #385 |
| 2000 | 751 | #384 |
| 1999 | 567 | #466 |
| 1998 | 516 | #491 |
| 1997 | 479 | #508 |
| 1996 | 508 | #478 |
| 1995 | 396 | #580 |
| 1994 | 343 | #637 |
| 1993 | 350 | #640 |
| 1992 | 255 | #790 |
| 1991 | 184 | #1,006 |
| 1990 | 111 | #1,420 |
| 1989 | 78 | #1,729 |
| 1988 | 93 | #1,464 |
| 1987 | 48 | #2,234 |
| 1986 | 51 | #2,078 |
| 1985 | 34 | #2,748 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,736 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,108 |
| 1982 | 19 | #4,024 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,543 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
Names like Hailee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Summer Zainab Safa Hafsa Ayla Hiba Ayah Harper Maya Hallie Aaliyah Riley
Other spellings of Hailee
Hailey Hayley Hailie Hayleigh Haylie Haylee Heily Haleigh Haily Heyli Halie
Names related to Hailee
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hazel Carter Harrison
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, “Hailee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hailee, updated 20 October 2026.