Halei
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HAY-lee
Halei is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Halei come from?
Possibly a variant of Hayley
Is Halei a girl's or a boy's name?
Halei is a girls' name.
How popular is Halei in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 32 girls. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the girls named Halei in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Halei in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 26 | #4,954 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,581 |
| 2002 | 26 | #4,617 |
| 2001 | 24 | #4,829 |
| 2000 | 32 | #3,881 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
Names like Halei
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Noa, Alani, Kailani, Kalani, Layla, Nalani, Kaylani, Hailey, Kali, Makayla, Aaliyah, Hannah
Names related to Halei
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, “Halei: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/halei, updated 20 October 2026.