How Many People Are Named Hadley?

47,753

people named Hadley are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 7,157 people in the US has this name

Based on 48,691 babies named Hadley in Social Security records from 1906 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#952

💎 Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#485

See the top 100

Peak Year

2014

3,060 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English
Pronunciation: HAD-lee
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

From an English surname which was derived from a place name meaning "heather field" in Old English.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
96.9%
Male
3.1%

Of the babies given the name Hadley, 96.9% were girls and 3.1% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Hadley rose from 0% in the 1910s to 99% in the 2020s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Hadley alive today is about 10 years old, and 97% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 13 in 2025.

Under 30 46,215
96.8%
30 to 59 1,341
2.8%
60 and over 197
0.4%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Hadley first appears in the records in 1906 and was given most often in 2014, to 3,060 babies. In 2025, 2,266 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1906 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Hadley never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #100, in 2014, and it was in the top 100 in 2014. In 2025 it ranked #121.

Girls
Rank in 2025#121
Best rank#100 (2014)
Years in the top 1001 (2014 to 2014)
Rank in its biggest decade#129 in the 2010s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Hadley alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Hadley were born in Texas than in any other state: about 3,893 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Hadley was given 4.3 times as often in North Dakota, 3.9 times in Montana and 3.8 times in Wyoming.

Texas 3,893
Ohio 1,929
Indiana 1,810
Tennessee 1,725
North Carolina 1,681
California 1,671
Missouri 1,645
Georgia 1,570
Pennsylvania 1,505
Illinois 1,488
Michigan 1,426
Kentucky 1,348
Florida 1,345
Minnesota 1,329
Washington 1,216
Utah 1,204
Wisconsin 1,121
New York 1,068
Oklahoma 1,049
Virginia 977
Colorado 970
Alabama 949
Kansas 944
Iowa 920
Massachusetts 913
Arkansas 749
Oregon 707
South Carolina 694
Nebraska 678
Louisiana 655
Arizona 575
Maryland 527
Idaho 517
Mississippi 483
North Dakota 401
New Jersey 376
Connecticut 376
West Virginia 373
South Dakota 349
Montana 348
New Hampshire 274
Maine 251
Nevada 176
Wyoming 129
Vermont 120
Rhode Island 105
New Mexico 79
Delaware 67
Alaska 63
District of Columbia 50
Hawaii 5

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