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
- Peak · girls
- 2014 · 3,015 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 1 yrof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 46,595since 1964
Hadley over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #121 | 2,254 | #6,803 | 12 |
| 2024 | #115 | 2,384 | #4,701 | 21 |
| 2023 | #119 | 2,312 | #3,629 | 31 |
| 2022 | #112 | 2,543 | #4,303 | 24 |
| 2021 | #112 | 2,478 | #4,118 | 25 |
| 2020 | #111 | 2,424 | #3,497 | 31 |
| 2019 | #112 | 2,574 | #3,496 | 32 |
| 2018 | #104 | 2,873 | #3,106 | 37 |
| 2017 | #112 | 2,710 | #3,249 | 35 |
| 2016 | #108 | 2,888 | #3,358 | 33 |
| 2015 | #103 | 2,975 | #3,085 | 37 |
| 2014 | #100 | 3,015 | #2,661 | 45 |
| 2013 | #110 | 2,830 | #3,339 | 32 |
| 2012 | #131 | 2,419 | #2,517 | 49 |
| 2011 | #178 | 1,759 | #2,547 | 48 |
| 2010 | #217 | 1,440 | #2,914 | 40 |
| 2009 | #365 | 887 | #2,753 | 44 |
| 2008 | #419 | 769 | #2,753 | 44 |
| 2007 | #469 | 687 | #2,868 | 41 |
| 2006 | #494 | 620 | #3,153 | 34 |
| 2005 | #624 | 450 | #2,653 | 41 |
| 2004 | #692 | 392 | #2,208 | 52 |
| 2003 | #702 | 373 | #3,626 | 24 |
| 2002 | #873 | 262 | #2,755 | 34 |
| 2001 | #855 | 266 | #2,797 | 33 |
| 2000 | #919 | 235 | #2,674 | 34 |
| 1999 | #1,028 | 198 | #2,865 | 29 |
| 1998 | #965 | 212 | #2,711 | 30 |
| 1997 | #1,169 | 157 | #2,981 | 25 |
| 1996 | #1,393 | 119 | #3,293 | 21 |
| 1995 | #1,522 | 102 | #3,693 | 17 |
| 1994 | #1,357 | 123 | #5,109 | 11 |
| 1993 | #1,640 | 92 | #3,819 | 16 |
| 1992 | #1,782 | 81 | #4,872 | 11 |
| 1991 | #2,092 | 64 | #3,813 | 15 |
| 1990 | #2,402 | 51 | #3,166 | 19 |
| 1989 | #2,304 | 51 | #3,205 | 18 |
| 1988 | #2,803 | 37 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #2,723 | 36 | #2,838 | 18 |
| 1986 | #2,512 | 39 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #3,621 | 23 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #2,730 | 33 | #3,270 | 13 |
| 1983 | #2,659 | 33 | #3,884 | 10 |
| 1982 | #2,770 | 33 | #2,709 | 17 |
| 1981 | #3,066 | 28 | #3,030 | 14 |
| 1980 | #3,002 | 29 | #3,838 | 10 |
| 1979 | #2,997 | 28 | #3,018 | 14 |
| 1978 | #3,512 | 21 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,911 | 18 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #3,095 | 23 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #3,155 | 22 | #3,246 | 11 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 18 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #3,233 | 20 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #3,276 | 19 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #4,246 | 13 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 | #2,327 | 12 |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | #2,780 | 9 |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 | — | |
| 1963 | — | #2,539 | 11 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,848 | 9 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,409 | 12 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,423 | 12 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,821 | 9 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,265 | 13 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,257 | 7 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,497 | 11 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,979 | 16 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,942 | 8 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,531 | 10 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,376 | 11 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,662 | 9 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,580 | 9 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,453 | 10 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,443 | 10 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,169 | 13 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,030 | 13 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,697 | 16 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,080 | 12 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,563 | 9 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,523 | 9 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,588 | 19 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,081 | 12 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,159 | 11 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,901 | 14 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,197 | 11 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,452 | 9 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,837 | 15 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,022 | 13 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,368 | 10 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,922 | 15 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,770 | 17 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,693 | 19 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,452 | 11 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,448 | 26 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,516 | 25 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,911 | 17 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,745 | 20 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,641 | 11 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,020 | 16 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,240 | 14 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,904 | 18 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,747 | 20 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,811 | 18 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,827 | 18 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,900 | 16 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,043 | 14 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,968 | 14 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,608 | 15 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,803 | 10 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,527 | 11 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,190 | 9 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | #756 | 14 | |
| 1908 | — | #657 | 16 | |
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| 1906 | — | #1,111 | 6 | |
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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.
Where Hadley is popular in 1994
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#518 · 1 in 3,500
- Missouri#569 · 1 in 4,238
- Indiana#607 · 1 in 4,682
- Massachusetts#629 · 1 in 5,637
- Georgia#992 · 1 in 8,151
Best ever in a state: #9 in South Dakota, 2014.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #518 | 6 | 1 in 3,500 |
| Missouri | #569 | 7 | 1 in 4,238 |
| Indiana | #607 | 7 | 1 in 4,682 |
| Massachusetts | #629 | 6 | 1 in 5,637 |
| Georgia | #992 | 5 | 1 in 8,151 |
| Florida | #1,032 | 8 | 1 in 9,315 |
| Texas | #1,292 | 11 | 1 in 12,362 |
| New York | #1,428 | 8 | 1 in 13,902 |
| California | #2,775 | 6 | 1 in 40,417 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Hadley
- 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)
- Debuted 1964
- Peaked 2014 at #100 (3,015 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 1 yr · 2014
- Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 2000–2025
- 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
- 54.7% of all girls named Hadley (25,483) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 43 | #4,723 (1969) | #5,528 |
| 1970s | 192 | #2,997 (1979) | #3,612 |
| 1980s | 342 | #2,304 (1989) | #2,819 |
| 1990s | 1,199 | #965 (1998) | #1,535 |
| 2000s | 4,941 | #365 (2009) | #641 |
| 2010s | 25,483 | #100 (2014) | #128 |
| 2020s | 14,395 | #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 1994
Top girls' names in 1994
Top boys' names in 1994
More about 1994
girls
1,785,753 girls got a published name in 1994; 1 in 14,518 of them was named Hadley, which outranked 91.4% of the 15,759 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,346Shawnee124
- #1,346Shaylee124
- #1,346Suzanna124
- #1,357Hadley123
- #1,357Aime123
- #1,357Alexys123
- #1,357Ileana123
- #1,364Jourdan122
- #1,364Kalli122
- #1,364Keosha122
Tied with 6 names at #1,357; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,932,031 boys got a published name in 1994; 1 in 175,639 of them was named Hadley, which outranked 50.1% of the 10,245 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,803Yuuki12
- #4,803Zakry12
- #4,803Zubair12
- #5,109Hadley11
- #5,109Aadil11
- #5,109Abdirahman11
- #5,109Abdulla11
- #5,452Aarion10
- #5,452Abisai10
- #5,452Able10
Tied with 342 names at #5,109; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.