Halley
Girl · HAL-ee · English
Halley is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies) and 3,516th for girls in the US (43 babies).
What does Halley mean?
English: English surname
English surname best known from the astronomer Edmond Halley, who predicted the return of Halley's Comet.
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Is Halley a girl's or a boy's name?
Halley is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK and 43 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Halley in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,344among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Halley, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,647th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 19 girls.
Half of all the girls named Halley in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,599 girls in the UK were given Halley or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #23, up from #2,344 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Halley in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,644 |
| 2023 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,981 |
| 2020 | 19 | #1,647 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 2 | #7,447 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
How popular is Halley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,516among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 43about 1 in 37,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 43 girls in the US were named Halley, making it the 3,516th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,004th. Its busiest year was 1986, with 333 girls. It first appears in the records in 1910.
Half of all the girls named Halley in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,889 girls in the US were given Halley or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #112, up from #3,516 for this spelling alone.
Halley in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #3,516 |
| 2024 | 63 | #2,722 |
| 2023 | 49 | #3,274 |
| 2022 | 47 | #3,364 |
| 2021 | 37 | #3,933 |
| 2020 | 35 | #4,004 |
| 2019 | 43 | #3,551 |
| 2018 | 40 | #3,738 |
| 2017 | 42 | #3,626 |
| 2016 | 32 | #4,422 |
| 2015 | 43 | #3,595 |
| 2014 | 41 | #3,717 |
| 2013 | 47 | #3,365 |
| 2012 | 52 | #3,168 |
| 2011 | 51 | #3,221 |
| 2010 | 59 | #2,905 |
| 2009 | 61 | #2,851 |
| 2008 | 82 | #2,354 |
| 2007 | 78 | #2,418 |
| 2006 | 94 | #2,081 |
| 2005 | 92 | #2,029 |
| 2004 | 113 | #1,713 |
| 2003 | 142 | #1,394 |
| 2002 | 122 | #1,547 |
| 2001 | 146 | #1,310 |
| 2000 | 180 | #1,132 |
| 1999 | 171 | #1,141 |
| 1998 | 128 | #1,357 |
| 1997 | 134 | #1,296 |
| 1996 | 134 | #1,286 |
| 1995 | 162 | #1,093 |
| 1994 | 152 | #1,163 |
| 1993 | 174 | #1,052 |
| 1992 | 111 | #1,439 |
| 1991 | 85 | #1,704 |
| 1990 | 63 | #2,076 |
| 1989 | 56 | #2,164 |
| 1988 | 71 | #1,767 |
| 1987 | 69 | #1,732 |
| 1986 | 333 | #580 |
| 1985 | 146 | #1,030 |
| 1984 | 25 | #3,328 |
| 1983 | 17 | #4,285 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,570 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,742 |
| 1979 | 16 | #4,419 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 21 | #3,485 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,612 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 16 | #3,786 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 15 | #3,941 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,412 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 14 | #3,609 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,895 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,917 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,027 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,421 |
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