Hadley

#121 for girls in 2025, 2,254 births · #6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
Given to girls 95.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
#100
2014 · 3,015 births
Debut · girls
1964
7 births
In top 100 · girls
1 yr
of 146 years
Total births · girls
46,595
since 1964

Hadley over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201997peak #100, 2014girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1212,254#6,80312
2024#1152,384#4,70121
2023#1192,312#3,62931
2022#1122,543#4,30324
2021#1122,478#4,11825
2020#1112,424#3,49731
2019#1122,574#3,49632
2018#1042,873#3,10637
2017#1122,710#3,24935
2016#1082,888#3,35833
2015#1032,975#3,08537
2014#1003,015#2,66145
2013#1102,830#3,33932
2012#1312,419#2,51749
2011#1781,759#2,54748
2010#2171,440#2,91440
2009#365887#2,75344
2008#419769#2,75344
2007#469687#2,86841
2006#494620#3,15334
2005#624450#2,65341
2004#692392#2,20852
2003#702373#3,62624
2002#873262#2,75534
2001#855266#2,79733
2000#919235#2,67434
1999#1,028198#2,86529
1998#965212#2,71130
1997#1,169157#2,98125
1996#1,393119#3,29321
1995#1,522102#3,69317
1994#1,357123#5,10911
1993#1,64092#3,81916
1992#1,78281#4,87211
1991#2,09264#3,81315
1990#2,40251#3,16619
1989#2,30451#3,20518
1988#2,80337#5,2008
1987#2,72336#2,83818
1986#2,51239#4,8538
1985#3,62123#4,3339
1984#2,73033#3,27013
1983#2,65933#3,88410
1982#2,77033#2,70917
1981#3,06628#3,03014
1980#3,00229#3,83810
1979#2,99728#3,01814
1978#3,51221—
1977#3,91118#3,8369
1976#3,09523#4,9356
1975#3,15522#3,24611
1974#3,55818#5,2275
1973#3,23320#5,1015
1972#3,27619#4,9865
1971#5,13610#3,3709
1970#4,24613#3,5218
1969#4,72310#3,0629
1968#6,2466#3,1078
1967#6,0426#3,5596
1966#4,8668#2,32712
1965#5,8176#2,7809
1964#5,4747—
1963—#2,53911
1962—#2,8489
1961—#2,40912
1960—#2,42312
1959—#2,8219
1958—#2,26513
1957—#3,2577
1956—#2,49711
1955—#1,97916
1954—#2,9428
1953—#2,53110
1952—#2,37611
1951—#2,6629
1950—#2,5809
1949—#2,45310
1948—#2,44310
1947—#2,16913
1946—#2,03013
1945—#1,69716
1944—#2,08012
1943—#2,5639
1942—#2,5239
1941—#1,58819
1940—#2,08112
1939—#2,15911
1938—#1,90114
1937—#2,19711
1936—#2,4529
1935—#1,83715
1934—#2,02213
1933—#2,36810
1932—#1,92215
1931—#1,77017
1930—#1,69319
1929—#2,45211
1928—#1,44826
1927—#1,51625
1926—#1,91117
1925—#1,74520
1924—#2,64111
1923—#2,02016
1922—#2,24014
1921—#1,90418
1920—#1,74720
1919—#1,81118
1918—#1,82718
1917—#1,90016
1916—#2,04314
1915—#1,96814
1914—#1,60815
1913—#1,80310
1912—#1,52711
1911—#1,1909
1910—#1,5895
1909—#75614
1908—#65716
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First appearance
1964

The first year at least five girls were named Hadley! It came in at #5,474, and was given to 7 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1964–1968, when fewer than 9 girls a year got the name.

See more about Hadley
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 6 spots since 2024 (#115 → #121)
  • 10 spots since 2020 (#111 → #121)
  • 18 spots since 2015 (#103 → #121)
  • Biggest jump: 204 spots in 1998 (#1,169 → #965)
  • Biggest drop: 63 spots in 1999 (#965 → #1,028)
Rise & fade · girls
50 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1964
  • Peaked 2014 at #100 (3,015 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 1 yr · 2014
  • Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 2000–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 592
  • Highest: 1 in 592 girls born in 2018 were named Hadley (0.17%)
  • Latest: 1 in 713 girls born in 2025 (0.14%)
  • Its best rank, #100 in 2014, was only 1 in 592 (0.17%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 54.7% of all girls named Hadley (25,483) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s43#4,723 (1969)#5,528
1970s192#2,997 (1979)#3,612
1980s342#2,304 (1989)#2,819
1990s1,199#965 (1998)#1,535
2000s4,941#365 (2009)#641
2010s25,483#100 (2014)#128
2020s14,395#111 (2020)#115

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Hadley in 1997

girls
#1,169
157 births · 1 in 11,087 girls
boys
#2,981
25 births · 1 in 75,406 boys

Top girls' names in 1997

  1. #1Emily25,734
  2. #2Jessica21,045
  3. #3Ashley20,897
  4. #4Sarah20,716
  5. #5Hannah20,597
  6. #6Samantha20,170
  7. #7Taylor19,504
  8. #8Alexis17,171
  9. #9Elizabeth15,430
  10. #10Madison15,189
  11. #1,169Hadley157

Top boys' names in 1997

  1. #1Michael37,562
  2. #2Jacob34,163
  3. #3Matthew31,517
  4. #4Christopher29,108
  5. #5Joshua28,289
  6. #6Nicholas27,258
  7. #7Andrew25,208
  8. #8Brandon25,197
  9. #9Austin25,118
  10. #10Tyler24,879
  11. #2,981Hadley25
More about 1997

girls

1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 11,087 of them was named Hadley, which outranked 92.8% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hadley
  1. #1,166Bernadette158
  2. #1,166Rikki158
  3. #1,166Teagan158
  4. #1,169Hadley157
  5. #1,169Danae157
  6. #1,169Georgina157
  7. #1,169Johnna157
  8. #1,175Adilene156
  9. #1,175Breeanna156
  10. #1,175Kimberlee156

Tied with 5 names at #1,169; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,582Yulisa#10,567 → #985
  2. ↑ 3,882Yulissa#4,306 → #424
  3. ↑ 2,634Tea#3,429 → #795
  4. ↑ 2,046Taya#2,901 → #855
  5. ↑ 1,202Julisa#1,930 → #728
Fallers
  1. ↓ 931Yamilex#707 → #1,638
  2. ↓ 477Suzette#998 → #1,475
  3. ↓ 457Chynna#834 → #1,291
  4. ↓ 396Moesha#547 → #943
  5. ↓ 377Daijah#975 → #1,352

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 75,406 of them was named Hadley, which outranked 72.4% of the 10,814 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hadley
  1. #2,903Tylen26
  2. #2,903Yuri26
  3. #2,903Zarek26
  4. #2,981Hadley25
  5. #2,981Alaric25
  6. #2,981Aleck25
  7. #2,981Andrue25
  8. #3,064Alejandra24
  9. #3,064Amanda24
  10. #3,064Anjel24

Tied with 82 names at #2,981; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,420Jaret#2,145 → #725
  2. ↑ 712Kobe#1,265 → #553
  3. ↑ 580Ronaldo#1,465 → #885
  4. ↑ 420Jarett#1,334 → #914
  5. ↑ 416Gianni#1,093 → #677
Fallers
  1. ↓ 562Shaquille#662 → #1,224
  2. ↓ 373Dalvin#977 → #1,350
  3. ↓ 355Montel#990 → #1,345
  4. ↓ 328Codie#884 → #1,212
  5. ↓ 328Jair#884 → #1,212

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1997 →