Hailie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HAY-lee
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,368 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,652 for girls
Hailie is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “hay clearing”. In 2025 it ranked 1,368th for girls in the UK (24 babies) and 1,652nd for girls in the US (125 babies).
What does Hailie mean?
English: spelling of Hailey
“hay clearing”
Spelling of Hailey, an English surname based on a place name meaning hay clearing.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Hailie a girl's or a boy's name?
Hailie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 girls in the UK and 125 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hailie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,368th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24 about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the UK were named Hailie, making it the 1,368th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,948th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 37 girls.
2025 had more girls named Hailie than any year since 2003.
Half of all the girls named Hailie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 315 girls in the UK were given Hailie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #199, up from #1,368 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,315th in England and Wales.
Hailie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #1,368 |
| 2024 | 21 | #1,538 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,329 |
| 2022 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2021 | 17 | #1,794 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,948 |
| 2019 | 17 | #1,793 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,678 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 13 | #2,224 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2013 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 19 | #1,635 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 11 | #2,198 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,860 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,692 |
| 2004 | 22 | #1,154 |
| 2003 | 37 | #783 |
| 2002 | 22 | #1,085 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,542 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
How popular is Hailie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,652nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 125 about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 125 girls in the US were named Hailie, making it the 1,652nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,065th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 594 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the girls named Hailie in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,349 girls in the US were given Hailie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #90, up from #1,652 for this spelling alone.
Hailie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 125 | #1,652 |
| 2024 | 135 | #1,568 |
| 2023 | 94 | #2,062 |
| 2022 | 96 | #2,021 |
| 2021 | 95 | #2,024 |
| 2020 | 89 | #2,065 |
| 2019 | 99 | #1,961 |
| 2018 | 104 | #1,915 |
| 2017 | 129 | #1,665 |
| 2016 | 126 | #1,693 |
| 2015 | 160 | #1,437 |
| 2014 | 202 | #1,205 |
| 2013 | 160 | #1,420 |
| 2012 | 161 | #1,416 |
| 2011 | 187 | #1,273 |
| 2010 | 224 | #1,105 |
| 2009 | 217 | #1,159 |
| 2008 | 269 | #989 |
| 2007 | 349 | #822 |
| 2006 | 361 | #761 |
| 2005 | 348 | #763 |
| 2004 | 371 | #716 |
| 2003 | 594 | #489 |
| 2002 | 456 | #572 |
| 2001 | 315 | #760 |
| 2000 | 295 | #774 |
| 1999 | 116 | #1,480 |
| 1998 | 97 | #1,655 |
| 1997 | 96 | #1,636 |
| 1996 | 77 | #1,879 |
| 1995 | 72 | #1,915 |
| 1994 | 58 | #2,250 |
| 1993 | 67 | #2,040 |
| 1992 | 53 | #2,428 |
| 1991 | 36 | #3,091 |
| 1990 | 30 | #3,518 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,539 |
| 1988 | 17 | #4,835 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,069 |
| 1986 | 15 | #4,961 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 14 | #4,943 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
Names like Hailie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hallie, Harper, Ellie, Willow, Lily, Gracie, Maisie, Amelie, Evie, Riley, Scarlett, Ivy
Other spellings of Hailie
Hailey, Hayley, Hailee, Hayleigh, Haylie, Haylee, Heily, Haleigh, Haily, Heyli, Halie
Names related to Hailie
More English names
Evelyn, Hudson, Grace, Violet, Daisy, Poppy, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hazel, Carter, Harrison, River, Frankie, Grayson
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, “Hailie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hailie, updated 20 October 2026.