Name meaning & stats
Haley
Haley means “hay clearing”. 159,982 US babies since 1940, peak 2000.
What it means
“hay clearing”
Well documented
Originally a surname.
In US birth records
Peak year: 2000
159,982 US babies were named Haley between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Haley (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 76% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2000)