Haylee
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HAY-lee
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,417 for girls
Haylee is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “hay clearing”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 1,417th for girls in the US (153 babies).
What does Haylee mean?
English: spelling of Hailey, an English place name and surname
“hay clearing”
A spelling of Hailey, from an English place name meaning hay clearing.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Haylee a girl's or a boy's name?
Haylee is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 153 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Haylee in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 77% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Haylee, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,326th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 12 girls.
2025 had more girls named Haylee than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Haylee in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 315 girls in the UK were given Haylee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #199, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Haylee in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 2 | #7,494 |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
How popular is Haylee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,417th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 153 about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 58% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 153 girls in the US were named Haylee, making it the 1,417th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 787th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 1,522 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 14 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Haylee than any year since 1989.
Half of all the girls named Haylee in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,349 girls in the US were given Haylee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #90, up from #1,417 for this spelling alone.
Haylee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 153 | #1,417 |
| 2024 | 164 | #1,378 |
| 2023 | 190 | #1,232 |
| 2022 | 259 | #1,009 |
| 2021 | 280 | #942 |
| 2020 | 346 | #787 |
| 2019 | 403 | #708 |
| 2018 | 444 | #666 |
| 2017 | 523 | #576 |
| 2016 | 526 | #585 |
| 2015 | 669 | #482 |
| 2014 | 817 | #399 |
| 2013 | 954 | #338 |
| 2012 | 1,064 | #298 |
| 2011 | 1,276 | #249 |
| 2010 | 1,249 | #263 |
| 2009 | 1,522 | #211 |
| 2008 | 1,468 | #232 |
| 2007 | 1,498 | #237 |
| 2006 | 1,376 | #247 |
| 2005 | 1,483 | #230 |
| 2004 | 1,368 | #237 |
| 2003 | 1,504 | #216 |
| 2002 | 1,281 | #248 |
| 2001 | 1,237 | #256 |
| 2000 | 1,262 | #260 |
| 1999 | 967 | #321 |
| 1998 | 808 | #357 |
| 1997 | 779 | #355 |
| 1996 | 772 | #358 |
| 1995 | 648 | #404 |
| 1994 | 543 | #465 |
| 1993 | 561 | #445 |
| 1992 | 424 | #555 |
| 1991 | 271 | #759 |
| 1990 | 181 | #999 |
| 1989 | 149 | #1,108 |
| 1988 | 160 | #1,017 |
| 1987 | 113 | #1,249 |
| 1986 | 105 | #1,282 |
| 1985 | 74 | #1,603 |
| 1984 | 47 | #2,110 |
| 1983 | 52 | #1,960 |
| 1982 | 64 | #1,735 |
| 1981 | 43 | #2,305 |
| 1980 | 27 | #3,134 |
| 1979 | 25 | #3,236 |
| 1978 | 19 | #3,777 |
| 1977 | 24 | #3,175 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
Names like Haylee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Summer, Harper, Ellie, Hallie, Lily, Scarlett, Willow, Jasmine, Autumn, Zainab, Chloe, Riley
Other spellings of Haylee
Hailey, Hayley, Hailie, Hailee, Hayleigh, Haylie, Heily, Haleigh, Haily, Heyli, Halie
Names related to Haylee
More English names
Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Grace, Violet, Daisy, Poppy, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hazel, Carter, Harrison, River, Frankie
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, “Haylee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/haylee, updated 20 October 2026.