Halley
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
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.
Halley for girls#3537 US
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.
Halley for boys
While this has a distinguished male namesake -- astronomer Edmund Halley and his comet -- it still strays too close to the superpopular feminine Hailey family to work for some parents for a boy. Fewer than five baby boys were given the name last year, but that could change as formerly-female names become more acceptable for boys.
Pronounced HAL-ee.
As of October 2026, Halley ranked #3537 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #580 in 1986.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #3,738 | 41 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #3,619 | 43 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #4,461 | 32 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #3,654 | 42 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #3,755 | 40 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #3,572 | 43 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #4,041 | 35 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #3,959 | 37 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #3,382 | 47 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #3,292 | 49 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #2,720 | 63 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #3,537 | 43 | — | 0 |
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Famous Halleys
- Halley FeifferGirl
American actress
- Edmond HalleyGirl
English astronomer and physicist, known best for 'Halley's Comet'
- Sir Halley StewartBoy
British Liberal politician, journalist and philanthropist
- Edmond HalleyBoy
English astronomer
Halley in pop culture
- Halley WolowitzGirl
daughter of Howard and Bernadette on TV's "The Big Bang Theory;" named after Halley's Comet
- HalleyGirl
character in 2002 movie "Just a Kiss"
- Halley MartinGirl
main character in novel "Someone Like You"