Heily
Heily was the 4392nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 32 babies. Its best year was 2008, when it ranked 3136th with 54 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,723 places. More babies were named Heily in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Hailey) hay clearing (surname) · Old English
- Rank in 2025
- #4,392 girls, up 827 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 32girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 200854 babies
- Total since 1880
- 745babies recorded
What does the name Heily mean?
Heily is a spelling of Hailey, pronounced the same way, so it shares Hailey's meaning and origin.
Hailey is a spelling of Hayley, an English surname from a place name that joins Old English heg, 'hay', and leah, 'clearing, meadow', so it described a meadow where hay was made. Wikipedia notes that the girl's name Hayley became popular after the English child actress Hayley Mills (born 1946) became famous, and the spellings Hailey and Haley later became very common in the US. Wiktionary describes the name as unisex but it is used mostly for girls.
hīeġ (Old English, “hay”)lēah (Old English, “clearing, meadow”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Hayley, Haley, Hailee, Haylee, Bailey.
See also: English names, names that mean meadow, hill or valley, names from places.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Hailey', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
- Wikipedia, 'Hayley', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
Heily popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,392 | 32 |
| 2020 | #5,219 | 24 |
| 2010 | #4,655 | 31 |
| 2000 | #11,107 | 8 |
| 1990 | — | — |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
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| 1930 | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Heily, counting every spelling?
Heily is a spelling of Hailey, a name family that ranked #81 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #4,392 for Heily on its own. Together these spellings went to 3,582 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hailey | 2,556 | #104 | 14,222 |
| Haley | 314 | #861 | 2,147 |
| Hayley | 179 | #1,251 | 1,424 |
| Haylee | 153 | #1,419 | 1,046 |
| Hailee | 163 | #1,355 | 954 |
| Hailie | 125 | #1,658 | 545 |
| Haylie | 37 | #3,935 | 238 |
| Heily | 32 | #4,392 | 124 |
| Haily | 17 | #6,638 | 76 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Heily?
32 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Heily (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Heily born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 261 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Heily.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Heily?
About 700 people born in the US named Heily are alive today, with a median age of 14; half are between 9 and 19. That makes Heily mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Heily by state
How common Heily was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 48 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Heily: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Heily, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Heily
What does Heily mean?
Heily is a spelling of Hailey, which means “hay clearing (surname)” (Old English origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Heily?
Heily was the 4392nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 32 babies. Its best year was 2008, when it ranked 3136th with 54 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,723 places. More babies were named Heily in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Heily a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Heily in the US.
Where is Heily most popular?
In 2021–2025, Heily was most common in New York (0.01 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and Texas.