Hanley — #8341 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Hanley

The Social Security Administration has registered 660 babies named Hanley between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hanley currently holds the #8341 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 36 babies received it in a single year. Hanley is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 263 additional births since 1995.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hanley performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 252 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Hanley shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 31 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hanley in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hanley 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 660 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.