Halley
About Halley
The Halley version of this popular name family hit the Top 1000 only once, in 1986, inspired by Halley's Comet, named for astronomer Edmund Halley.
Today, Halley is still used -- it was given to 50 baby girls last year -- but is much less popular than many other spellings of the name, which include Hailey, Haley, Hallie, and Hayley.
As of October 2026, Halley ranked #3537 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #580 in 1986.
Editor's take: The name Halley is a girl's name meaning "hall or woodland clearing".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #3,738 | 41 | 23 |
| 2015 | #3,619 | 43 | 24.1 |
| 2016 | #4,461 | 32 | 18.1 |
| 2017 | #3,654 | 42 | 24.3 |
| 2018 | #3,755 | 40 | 23.5 |
| 2019 | #3,572 | 43 | 25.6 |
| 2020 | #4,041 | 35 | 21.7 |
| 2021 | #3,959 | 37 | 22.5 |
| 2022 | #3,382 | 47 | 28.7 |
| 2023 | #3,292 | 49 | 30.5 |
| 2024 | #2,720 | 63 | 38.9 |
| 2025 | #3,537 | 43 | 26.8 |
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Famous Halleys
- Halley Feiffer
American actress
- Edmond Halley
English astronomer and physicist, known best for 'Halley's Comet'
Halley in pop culture
- Halley Wolowitz
daughter of Howard and Bernadette on TV's "The Big Bang Theory;" named after Halley's Comet
- Halley
character in 2002 movie "Just a Kiss"
- Halley Martin
main character in novel "Someone Like You"