Hadley — #114 US girls' name
44,328 babies named Hadley in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99.4% of names given to girls today.
57% of everyone ever named Hadley was born in this single decade.
3,015 babies were named Hadley in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Hadley
The Social Security Administration has registered 44,328 babies named Hadley between 1964 and 2024, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hadley currently holds the #114 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 3,015 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Hadley performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 25,479 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Hadley shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 3,653 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Indiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Hadley in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Hadley in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 44,328 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Hadley at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Hadley popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1964
- Peak year (2014)
- 3,015
- Annual births at peak — across 61 years of records
Currently ranks #114 among girls.
44,328 total births across 61 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 3,015 births in a single year.
Hadley popularity over time — boys
2,084 total births recorded since 1906 (Hadley as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Hadley accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Hadley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 25,479 births that decade — 57% of Hadley's all-time total
Hadley decade highlights
- Peak decade 25,479 births
- Runner-up 12,132 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Hadley's strongest decade
25,479 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
Hadley by state
Where Hadley concentrates geographically — total births since 1964
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 3,653 | 8.2% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 1,844 | 4.2% |
| #3 | Indiana | | 1,747 | 3.9% |
| #4 | Tennessee | | 1,646 | 3.7% |
| #5 | California | | 1,596 | 3.6% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 1,592 | 3.6% |
| #7 | Missouri | | 1,570 | 3.5% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 1,502 | 3.4% |
3,653 of 44,328 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 8.2% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.2% of nationwide
- Indiana 3.9% of nationwide
- Tennessee 3.7% of nationwide
- California 3.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 8.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Hadley appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1964–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.