Hailey
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a unisex given name transferred from the surname. From Old English hīeġ (“hay”) + lēah (“clearing”).
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Hailey (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Hailey has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2019. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | 3 |
| 2006 | 6 |
| 2007 | 13 |
| 2008 | 9 |
| 2009 | 16 |
| 2010 | 19 |
| 2011 | 33 |
| 2012 | 48 |
| 2013 | 70 |
| 2014 | 60 |
| 2015 | 82 |
| 2016 | 107 |
| 2017 | 104 |
| 2018 | 139 |
| 2019 | 163 |
| 2020 | 148 |
| 2021 | 153 |
| 2022 | 111 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | 13 |
| 2007 | 25 |
| 2008 | 33 |
| 2009 | 49 |
| 2010 | 70 |
| 2011 | 106 |
| 2012 | 156 |
| 2013 | 229 |
| 2014 | 289 |
| 2015 | 373 |
| 2016 | 480 |
| 2017 | 590 |
| 2018 | 735 |
| 2019 | 898 |
| 2020 | 1,052 |
Hailey in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Hailey.Hi! My name is Hailey.
- Hailey bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Hailey lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Hailey har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Hailey has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Haileys mamma är lärare.Hailey's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Haileys mamma is Hailey's mum.
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Questions about Hailey
How do you pronounce Hailey in Swedish?
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What does the name Hailey mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a unisex given name transferred from the surname. From Old English hīeġ (“hay”) + lēah (“clearing”).
How popular is Hailey in Sweden?
111 babies were named Hailey in 2022. In 2020, 1,052 people in Sweden had Hailey as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2019 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.