Haylea
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HAY-lee-a
- Origin
- English
Haylea is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “hay clearing”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Haylea mean?
English: variant of Hayley, from an English surname
“hay clearing”
A modern spelling of Hayley, which comes from an English place name meaning hay clearing.
Is Haylea a girl's or a boy's name?
Haylea is a girls' name.
How popular is Haylea 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 55 girls. It first appears in the records in 1986.
Half of all the girls named Haylea in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Haylea in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 36 | #4,212 |
| 2006 | 34 | #4,264 |
| 2005 | 47 | #3,253 |
| 2004 | 39 | #3,685 |
| 2003 | 55 | #2,797 |
| 2002 | 40 | #3,390 |
| 2001 | 41 | #3,312 |
| 2000 | 51 | #2,813 |
| 1999 | 43 | #3,045 |
| 1998 | 25 | #4,363 |
| 1997 | 38 | #3,102 |
| 1996 | 27 | #3,937 |
| 1995 | 43 | #2,783 |
| 1994 | 40 | #2,930 |
| 1993 | 32 | #3,417 |
| 1992 | 32 | #3,413 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
Names like Haylea
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Madison Addison Hailey Harley Hunter Savannah Destiny Harmony Hannah Makayla Hayden Bailey
Names related to Haylea
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie
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, “Haylea: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/haylea, updated 20 October 2026.