Hayle
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HAYL
- Origin
- English
Hayle is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “hay clearing”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Hayle mean?
English: variant of Hayley, from an English surname
“hay clearing”
A spelling of Hayley, which comes from an English place name; Hayle is also a town in Cornwall.
Is Hayle a girl's or a boy's name?
Hayle is a girls' name.
How popular is Hayle in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 95 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the girls named Hayle in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hayle in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 24 | #5,484 |
| 2012 | 25 | #5,396 |
| 2011 | 30 | #4,680 |
| 2010 | 31 | #4,607 |
| 2009 | 60 | #2,891 |
| 2008 | 52 | #3,221 |
| 2007 | 71 | #2,597 |
| 2006 | 62 | #2,815 |
| 2005 | 68 | #2,520 |
| 2004 | 85 | #2,115 |
| 2003 | 95 | #1,914 |
| 2002 | 81 | #2,097 |
| 2001 | 82 | #2,044 |
| 2000 | 94 | #1,823 |
| 1999 | 56 | #2,524 |
| 1998 | 61 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 57 | #2,325 |
| 1996 | 71 | #1,978 |
| 1995 | 66 | #2,047 |
| 1994 | 49 | #2,536 |
| 1993 | 57 | #2,262 |
| 1992 | 40 | #2,915 |
| 1991 | 32 | #3,363 |
| 1990 | 21 | #4,518 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,069 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
Names like Hayle
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jade, Paige, Elle, Hope, Harley, Sage, Hailey, Brooke, Grace, Blake, Reese, Tate
Names related to Hayle
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel
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, “Hayle: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hayle, updated 20 October 2026.