Hayli
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HAY-lee
- Origin
- English
Hayli is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “hay clearing”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Hayli mean?
English: spelling of Haylee, itself a spelling of Hailey, an English place name and surname
“hay clearing”
A spelling of Hailey, from an English place name meaning hay clearing.
Meaning borrowed from Haylee. More on Wiktionary.
Is Hayli a girl's or a boy's name?
Hayli is a girls' name.
How popular is Hayli 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 114 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the girls named Hayli in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hayli in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,308 |
| 2013 | 32 | #4,420 |
| 2012 | 48 | #3,363 |
| 2011 | 38 | #3,915 |
| 2010 | 52 | #3,158 |
| 2009 | 68 | #2,671 |
| 2008 | 82 | #2,354 |
| 2007 | 76 | #2,457 |
| 2006 | 83 | #2,287 |
| 2005 | 75 | #2,356 |
| 2004 | 80 | #2,201 |
| 2003 | 98 | #1,873 |
| 2002 | 90 | #1,953 |
| 2001 | 87 | #1,964 |
| 2000 | 114 | #1,556 |
| 1999 | 75 | #2,048 |
| 1998 | 53 | #2,567 |
| 1997 | 74 | #1,942 |
| 1996 | 60 | #2,226 |
| 1995 | 55 | #2,362 |
| 1994 | 65 | #2,097 |
| 1993 | 56 | #2,284 |
| 1992 | 59 | #2,234 |
| 1991 | 51 | #2,443 |
| 1990 | 31 | #3,431 |
| 1989 | 31 | #3,324 |
| 1988 | 24 | #3,800 |
| 1987 | 17 | #4,656 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,721 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
Names like Hayli
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Hayli
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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, “Hayli: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hayli, updated 20 October 2026.