Hayly
A feminine name derived from the English surname Hayley, of uncertain meaning.
Name Census estimates that about 90 living Americans carry the first name Hayly. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Hayly today is around 25 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Hayly births was 2003 (15 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Hayly. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
Key insights
- • Fewer than 100 living Americans are believed to carry the name Hayly. It is among the rarest names in the SSA records.
People living today
90
~ 1 in 3,808,382 Americans
Peak year
2003
15 babies that year
Average age
25
years old
2010 SSA rank
#14,011
Tracked since 1992
Census
Hayly in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 168 people with the first name Hayly, which placed it at #42,627 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#42,627
National first-name rank
People counted
168
168 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
65.5% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Hayly
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Hayly is White at 65.5%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (25.6%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (3.6%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Hayly described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Hayly at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White65.5% · 110
- Hispanic or Latino25.6% · 43
- Asian and Pacific Islander3.6% · 6
- Two or more races3.0% · 5
- American Indian and Alaska Native1.8% · 3
- Black or African American0.6% · 1
Popularity
Hayly: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Hayly from the 1990s through to the 2010s, spanning 3 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 48 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 2000s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Hayly by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Hayly during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Hayly
The name Hayly originates from the Old English language and can be traced back to the 5th century AD. It is derived from the Old English word "hægl," which means "hail" or "small pellets of ice." This suggests that the name may have been given to children born during hailstorms or associated with the winter season.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Hayly appears in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, a historical record of the Anglo-Saxons in Britain. The entry from the year 685 AD mentions a person named "Hægli" who was a prominent figure in the Kingdom of Northumbria.
In the 9th century, the name is found in the Domesday Book, a comprehensive record of land ownership and taxation commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1086. This suggests that the name was in use among the Anglo-Saxon population of England before the Norman Conquest.
Throughout the Middle Ages, the name Hayly was primarily used by the English nobility and gentry. Notable individuals bearing this name include Hayly de Beaumont (1135-1198), a Norman knight who fought in the Crusades, and Hayly FitzRoger (1205-1268), a prominent landowner and supporter of King Henry III.
During the Renaissance period, the name gained popularity among the educated classes. One of the most famous bearers of the name was Hayly the Younger (1554-1634), an English poet and playwright who was a contemporary of William Shakespeare.
In the 18th century, the name Hayly was associated with the Romantic movement in literature. Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), a renowned English poet, had a daughter named Hayly whom he often mentioned in his letters and poems.
As the name Hayly has a long and rich history in the English language, it is not surprising that it has been borne by many notable individuals throughout the centuries. Some other examples include Hayly Weston (1594-1645), an English poet and satirist; Hayly Pitcairn (1782-1835), a Scottish physician and poet; and Hayly Martindell (1880-1959), a British artist and illustrator.
People
Hayly + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Hayly as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with H
Other first names starting with H with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Hayly: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Hayly?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 90 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Hayly going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 3,808,382 US residents.
Is Hayly a common name?
We classify Hayly as "Very Rare". It ranks above 63% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 92 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Hayly most popular?
The single biggest year for Hayly was 2003, when 15 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Hayly is about 25 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Hayly in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 168 people with the name Hayly, or 0.06 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #42,627 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Hayly in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Hayly?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Hayly appears almost entirely female. Of the 164 people counted with this name, 100.0% were female and only a very small share were male. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Hayly?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Hayly is White at 65.5%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (25.6%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (3.6%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Hayly most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Hayly in the 2020 Census, accounting for 65.5% (110 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Hayly in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Hayly a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Hayly in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Hayly still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Hayly in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Hayly can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people share the name Hayly?
Want to know how many Americans are named Hayly? HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site, puts the living-bearer count front and centre.