Hartley
Hartley is given to both girls and boys: 148 girls and 26 boys were given it in 2025 (#1,453 among girls’ names and #4,075 among boys’, #2,429 among all names counting both); 3,827 Americans have been recorded with it since 1892 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,950 Americans named Hartley and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (77% of everyone recorded); the median is 10 years old and half are between 5 and 16.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Hartley by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Hartley?
#1,453 among girls’ names, 2025
Hartley rose from #1,613 in 2015 to #1,453 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 74.5 to 92.1 per million.
176 babies in 2024, the peak
Hartley peaked in 2024, when 176 babies were given it (148 girls, #1,476 among girls’ names). The 174 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 99% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 148 | #1,453 | 26 | #4,075 |
| 2024 | 148 | #1,476 | 28 | #3,917 |
| 2023 | 130 | #1,607 | 29 | #3,829 |
| 2022 | 111 | #1,831 | 24 | #4,345 |
| 2021 | 114 | #1,784 | 20 | #4,830 |
| 2020 | 99 | #1,930 | 20 | #4,756 |
| 2019 | 127 | #1,659 | 14 | #6,206 |
| 2018 | 134 | #1,601 | 30 | #3,641 |
| 2017 | 143 | #1,537 | 16 | #5,619 |
| 2016 | 143 | #1,564 | 15 | #5,883 |
Every recorded year (108)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 133 | #1,613 | 22 | #4,447 |
| 2014 | 118 | #1,760 | 26 | #3,939 |
| 2013 | 128 | #1,663 | 21 | #4,520 |
| 2012 | 101 | #1,945 | 16 | #5,564 |
| 2011 | 98 | #2,004 | 15 | #5,768 |
| 2010 | 88 | #2,206 | 19 | #4,908 |
| 2009 | 32 | #4,610 | 8 | #9,288 |
| 2008 | 27 | #5,343 | 9 | #8,538 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,855 | 10 | #7,792 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,903 | 6 | #11,135 |
| 2005 | 14 | #8,044 | 6 | #10,566 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,585 | 7 | #9,271 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,697 | 9 | #7,462 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,522 | 8 | #7,908 |
| 2001 | 15 | #7,082 | under 5 | |
| 2000 | 8 | #11,095 | 6 | #9,520 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,419 | 8 | #7,405 |
| 1998 | under 5 | 8 | #7,085 | |
| 1997 | 8 | #10,138 | 9 | #6,272 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,895 | 8 | #6,719 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,296 | 6 | #8,167 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,347 | 6 | #8,125 |
| 1993 | 5 | #14,288 | 7 | #7,086 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,879 | under 5 | |
| 1991 | 6 | #12,031 | 8 | #6,150 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,730 | 6 | #7,498 |
| 1989 | 7 | #10,071 | 7 | #6,474 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,525 | under 5 | |
| 1982 | under 5 | 9 | #4,364 | |
| 1981 | under 5 | 5 | #6,650 | |
| 1980 | under 5 | 6 | #5,798 | |
| 1976 | under 5 | 6 | #5,180 | |
| 1973 | under 5 | 5 | #5,387 | |
| 1972 | under 5 | 5 | #5,268 | |
| 1970 | under 5 | 6 | #4,438 | |
| 1969 | under 5 | 12 | #2,604 | |
| 1968 | under 5 | 7 | #3,485 | |
| 1967 | under 5 | 5 | #4,206 | |
| 1966 | under 5 | 10 | #2,694 | |
| 1965 | under 5 | 6 | #3,686 | |
| 1964 | under 5 | 8 | #3,132 | |
| 1963 | under 5 | 9 | #2,928 | |
| 1961 | under 5 | 9 | #2,982 | |
| 1960 | under 5 | 8 | #3,181 | |
| 1958 | under 5 | 12 | #2,422 | |
| 1957 | under 5 | 10 | #2,725 | |
| 1956 | under 5 | 12 | #2,418 | |
| 1955 | under 5 | 9 | #2,855 | |
| 1954 | under 5 | 6 | #3,606 | |
| 1953 | under 5 | 16 | #1,994 | |
| 1952 | under 5 | 8 | #2,960 | |
| 1951 | under 5 | 15 | #2,004 | |
| 1950 | under 5 | 10 | #2,495 | |
| 1949 | under 5 | 20 | #1,682 | |
| 1948 | under 5 | 14 | #2,058 | |
| 1947 | under 5 | 22 | #1,620 | |
| 1946 | under 5 | 13 | #2,077 | |
| 1945 | under 5 | 21 | #1,466 | |
| 1944 | under 5 | 18 | #1,653 | |
| 1943 | under 5 | 21 | #1,552 | |
| 1942 | under 5 | 17 | #1,765 | |
| 1941 | under 5 | 27 | #1,284 | |
| 1940 | under 5 | 14 | #1,936 | |
| 1939 | under 5 | 15 | #1,830 | |
| 1938 | under 5 | 22 | #1,457 | |
| 1937 | under 5 | 21 | #1,503 | |
| 1936 | under 5 | 18 | #1,611 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 20 | #1,560 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 17 | #1,749 | |
| 1933 | under 5 | 24 | #1,377 | |
| 1932 | under 5 | 31 | #1,222 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 26 | #1,373 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 35 | #1,205 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 23 | #1,544 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 13 | #2,322 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 35 | #1,237 | |
| 1926 | under 5 | 20 | #1,754 | |
| 1925 | under 5 | 31 | #1,314 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 27 | #1,469 | |
| 1923 | under 5 | 30 | #1,339 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 27 | #1,450 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 33 | #1,277 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 31 | #1,306 | |
| 1919 | under 5 | 28 | #1,367 | |
| 1918 | under 5 | 36 | #1,161 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 23 | #1,504 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 20 | #1,617 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 28 | #1,250 | |
| 1914 | under 5 | 21 | #1,316 | |
| 1913 | under 5 | 10 | #1,863 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 12 | #1,465 | |
| 1909 | under 5 | 10 | #980 | |
| 1908 | under 5 | 5 | #1,482 | |
| 1907 | under 5 | 5 | #1,424 | |
| 1900 | under 5 | 6 | #1,227 | |
| 1899 | under 5 | 5 | #1,114 | |
| 1895 | under 5 | 10 | #717 | |
| 1892 | under 5 | 6 | #1,009 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Hartley a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 3,827 Americans recorded as Hartley, 58% are girls and 42% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Hartley: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Hartley, and how old are they?
2,950 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 77% of the 3,827 Americans ever recorded as Hartley. The median Hartley alive today is 10 years old; half are between 5 and 16.
The 2020 Census counted 2,225 people named Hartley (1,409 women and girls, 816 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,177 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 70 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 126 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 59 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 126 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 613 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,960 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Hartley born?
The states with the most babies named Hartley are Texas, California and Tennessee, with 42% of its births recorded by state in 2025; Tennessee is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 16 | #1,487 | 0.6× |
| California | 11 | #1,876 | 0.4× |
| Tennessee | 10 | #729 | 0.4× |
| Georgia | 9 | #1,020 | 1.0× |
| Florida | 8 | #1,597 | 0.5× |
| Mississippi | 8 | #353 | 0.5× |
| Alabama | 7 | #663 | 0.9× |
| Ohio | 7 | #1,196 | 0.2× |
| Kentucky | 7 | #601 | 0.3× |
| Virginia | 5 | #1,254 | 0.2× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Hartley with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 4,220 babies since 1880, Hartley is the most given (91% of them). In 2025 it was given to 174 of their 211 babies (82%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Hartley
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Hartley and names like it
- Compare Hartley and HartleeBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sHartley peaked in 2024.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Hartley since 1910.
- The top names of 2024The year the most babies were named Hartley.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Hartley alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with HMost given first.