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Haile

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Power, force, strength

Haile has been given to 1,073 babies in the U.S. since 1990. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2002, with 66 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 79% girls, 21% boys all-time.

Babies named Haile, 2024

1 in 304,000

Haile over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Haile over time

In 2025, Haile went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19352025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Haile: meaning, origin, and history

Power, force, strength

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Haile means

Haile means “power, force, strength”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Haile is used in Amharic.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈhäj.lə/ for Haile.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 846 girls were recorded with the name Haile between 1990 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 66 in 2002; its best national rank was #2,427 in 2002.

In the United States, 227 boys were recorded with the name Haile between 1935 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 11 in 1935; its best national rank was #2,312 in 1935.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #12,731 in 2020 to #12,684 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #11,167 in 2015 to #12,684 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Haile?

Haile had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024
1 in 304,000
11 of 3,342,801 births
Among girls only
1 in 147,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2024
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
210,642 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Haile sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2024 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 210,642 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Haile. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Hailes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Haile was born before 2003 — so the typical Haile is around 22 today.

Median birth year
2003
About 22 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
54.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
72.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
846
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 54.3% of all recorded uses (459).

Is Haile rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 2002 (66)
Years since peak
23
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
25.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,427
2002

Spellings of Haile

Haile is not the most common spelling — Gail is, with 13.0% against Haile's 0.05%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Haile is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Haile was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 463,143 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3Michigan1 in —
  4. 4New York1 in —
  5. 5Ohio1 in —
  6. 6Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Haile has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Haile is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Haile was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 3,486,540 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Haile has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Haile around the world

Where Haile ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2020–2020
    #5,493
    in 2020
  • France
    2012–2024
    #5,009
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1982–1982
    #670
    in 1982

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Haile by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,427
2002
Peak year
2002
66 that year
First recorded
1990
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
846
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#12,684
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 47
Best rank ever
#2,312
1935
Peak year
1935
11 that year
First recorded
1935
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
227
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Haile

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Haile

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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