Hadley

Girl name

Hadley has been given to 48,691 babies in the U.S. since 1906. It peaked in 2014 and currently ranks #121 for girls (2025).

Meaning & origin /ˈhædli/

From Old English hǣþ (“heath”) + Old English leah (“woodland clearing”). Equivalent to heath (compare Heath) +&lrm; -ley.

Origin: surnames

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

48,691

Peak year

2014 (3,060 babies)

Rank in 2025

#121 for girls

First recorded

1906

10-year trend

▼ -25%

Gender split

96% girls / 4% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Hadley.

49,054 babies since 1971

47,804 babies since 1880

49,614 babies since 1972

49,835 babies since 1972

49,943 babies since 1989

50,243 babies since 1978

50,584 babies since 1946

50,835 babies since 1965

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