Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think Hayley is the original (and some would say correct) spelling of the first name, but Hailey is the more common spelling in the US.

Yes, to my mind Hayley is the only acceptable spelling. The rest are distasteful.

I'm an old Gen-Xer and I agree: Hayley is the correct spelling. I don't love any of the other spellings.

But I think Hayley/Hailey is a solid name and I don't have any preconceptions of how old a person with this name is. I only know one Hayley personally; she was born in 2000.

I have a Haley. She is 14.5. it is one of the most common girl's name in her grade. The other two girls both spell it: Hailey. We chose the spelling because she was named in honor of someone with that last name. It was supposed to be past its prime as a name by the time she was born in 2011, but in practice we have not seen that to be the case.

I still love the name, it really suits her. A baby book I looked at recently called the name unpretentious. I really like that, and I think that's why it suits her. We get a lot of compliments on it.

It's definitely a name with tons of spelling, but that hasn't been some horrible problem in her life. No regrets. We get lots of compliments on it. Congratulations, and good luck deciding!

I know there are lots of lovely Hailey/Hayley/Haylee ladies out there, who I would probably like very much in real life so I feel a little bad posting this, BUT, that name does have a whiff of lower middle class to me.

It's not a serious name for an adult.

Anonymous wrote:Hailey would be my preference I guess.

I don't like it, but I'm neutral on it. Sounds like a white, lower middle class, girl next door.

All of the ones that I know with normal/traditional spellings (Hailey, Hayley, Haley, etc.) come from upper-middle class families (think of your typical suburban family with a golden retriever and 2.5 kids). I can imagine that women with any of the unorthodox spellings of this name (Hayleigh, Haleigh, Haely, Haelie, etc.) might come from lower-middle class backgrounds though.

Anonymous wrote:I think Hayley is the original (and some would say correct) spelling of the first name, but Hailey is the more common spelling in the US.

Yes, to my mind Hayley is the only acceptable spelling. The rest are distasteful.

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Anonymous wrote:I like Hailey a lot.

But I would worry about two things.

1) Constantly having to spell it

2) People assuming she is older when Benjamin the workforce and discriminating against her.

We have a 9 year old Hailey and honestly kinda worry about this. We named her it because we liked the name but I have noticed since then that it is a little dated and most Hailey's I see are older. The misspelling thing isn't a huge issue- most people spell it Hailey. I have seen people write it as Haley but never Hayley. The plus is that she has never had another Hailey in her class if this is something that people worry about.

I am the PP you quoted and I was given a name like Brenda (not the same name but very similar popularity graph) in the late ‘70s. People make assumptions about my age all the time. It’s annoying. Hailey’s graph has a similar shape, and a kid born later this year would have a similar situation.

But Hailey born in 2016? I think that’s much closer to the peak and fine.

I also think it’s a beautiful name.

With an i.

It's fine. A little dated.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like Hailey a lot.

But I would worry about two things.

1) Constantly having to spell it

2) People assuming she is older when Benjamin the workforce and discriminating against her.

We have a 9 year old Hailey and honestly kinda worry about this. We named her it because we liked the name but I have noticed since then that it is a little dated and most Hailey's I see are older. The misspelling thing isn't a huge issue- most people spell it Hailey. I have seen people write it as Haley but never Hayley. The plus is that she has never had another Hailey in her class if this is something that people worry about.

I think the idea that people discriminate in the workplace based on how old they think a name sounds is patently ridiculous. If they lay eyes on Hailey they will know she's not old. If they're looking at her resume, it will be the info on the resume that will inform their estimate of age, not her name. FFS.

Agree the age discrimination thing is ridiculous. And you don’t want to work somewhere that people are so small minded. I work at a law firm and we have two people named Kelly. One is 75 and one is 24. We also have three Brians, spanning ages 82 to 30.

Hailey.

Would totally go for this name if it weren't for DH

I'm in my mid-30s and grew up with a bunch of Hailey/Hayley's so it's a millennial/zillennial name to me. It's a nice enough name - in the same camp as Kaitlin, Brianna, Taylor, and other 2000s suburban white girl names imo.

Dated.

I think Hayley is the original (and some would say correct) spelling of the first name, but Hailey is the more common spelling in the US.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like Hailey a lot.

But I would worry about two things.

1) Constantly having to spell it

2) People assuming she is older when Benjamin the workforce and discriminating against her.

We have a 9 year old Hailey and honestly kinda worry about this. We named her it because we liked the name but I have noticed since then that it is a little dated and most Hailey's I see are older. The misspelling thing isn't a huge issue- most people spell it Hailey. I have seen people write it as Haley but never Hayley. The plus is that she has never had another Hailey in her class if this is something that people worry about.

I think the idea that people discriminate in the workplace based on how old they think a name sounds is patently ridiculous. If they lay eyes on Hailey they will know she's not old. If they're looking at her resume, it will be the info on the resume that will inform their estimate of age, not her name. FFS.

Anonymous wrote:I like Hailey a lot.

But I would worry about two things.

1) Constantly having to spell it

2) People assuming she is older when Benjamin the workforce and discriminating against her.

We have a 9 year old Hailey and honestly kinda worry about this. We named her it because we liked the name but I have noticed since then that it is a little dated and most Hailey's I see are older. The misspelling thing isn't a huge issue- most people spell it Hailey. I have seen people write it as Haley but never Hayley. The plus is that she has never had another Hailey in her class if this is something that people worry about.