The Hailey surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,327 people carried this name — #4,256 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 35,500 people counted. That is up 19% from 7,008 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Hailey surname

A surname from Old English, a spelling variant of Hayley.

From Old English hīeġ (“hay”) + lēah (“clearing”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hailey» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Hailey in American newspapers,
1912–1919.

Newspaper page from Brownsville Herald carrying the name Hailey
Brownsville Herald 1914-08-15
Newspaper page from The Sun carrying the name Hailey
The Sun 1912-02-09
Newspaper page from The Washington Herald carrying the name Hailey
The Washington Herald 1919-03-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,843 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Hailey in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1980s.

4,045 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hailey. The most, 878, date from the 1920s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 1,609
Queensland 945
Victoria 860
South Australia 303
Tasmania 152
Western Australia 140
ACT (Canberra) 30
Northern Territory 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hailey.

Who carried it

People named Hailey,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John Hailey
    John Hailey 1835–1921 · politician
  • Thomas G. Hailey
    Thomas G. Hailey 1865–1908 · judge
  • Rhoda Cotes d. 1943
  • Maria Coelia Clode d. 1911
  • Hammett Hailey 1823–1881
  • Clarence Hailey 1867–1949 · visual artist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hailey,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States480 records

480 records of the Hailey name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 235
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 92
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 73
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 34
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 18
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 16
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 8
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Jerry Lee Hailey

    Born 1934; from Conran, Missouri. U.S. Marine Corps, infantry unit leader; killed in action 1966 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam. Buried at Memphis National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record James W. Hailey

    Born 1914 in South Carolina. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina; construction worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1989, buried at Raleigh National Cemetery, North Carolina.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Margaret Hailey

    Arrived at New York in 1854 aboard the Dewitt Clinton from Liverpool, aged 45; relative. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 480 records for Hailey in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia76 records

76 records of the Hailey name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 46
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 15
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 6
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 3
  • Tasmanian Names Index 3
  • Canberra cemetery and marriage records 2
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record John Hailey

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Rodney, sailing from Portland (Dorset) in 1850. Native of Greenock, Renfrewshire.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Charles Hailey

    Arrived in Victoria in 1852 aboard the Ballengiech, aged 19; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Ida Hailey

    Gentlewoman of Kilsyth, Victoria; died 1992.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 76 records for Hailey in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada15 records

15 records of the Hailey name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 9
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 4
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Marion Lucy Hailey

    Died 1975; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record James Hailey

    Died 1870 in Mount Hanley, Annapolis, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Joseph David Trail Hailey

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 15 records for Hailey in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

United Kingdom7 records

7 records of the Hailey name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record E. Hailey

    Norfolk Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record G. Hailey

    Suffolk Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record W. A. Hailey

    Army Service Corps. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 7 records for Hailey in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

New Zealand1 record

1 record of the Hailey name in New Zealand Thames-Coromandel District cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Trevor Macduff Hailey

    Died 1996, aged 85; buried at Mercury Bay Cemetery, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato.

    Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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