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Hadley

Hadley: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“heather field”
Origin
Old English
Say it
HAD-lee · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls (96% of all uses)

From an English surname derived from Old English hǣð 'heath, heather' and lēah 'clearing, field'. It began as a place name and later became a given name.

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How popular is Hadley?

2024721 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Hadley in 20242,401

2024 rank#114 girls

Peak year2018

Total US babies since 188046,412

Hadley has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Hadley

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Hadleeheather clearing · English
  • Audreynoble strength · Old English
  • Ashleyash tree clearing · Old English
  • Oakleyoak clearing · Old English
  • Blakelydark wood or clearing · Old English
  • KimberlyCyneburg's meadow · Old English
  • Presleypriest's meadow · Old English
  • Marleypleasant wood · Old English

Hadley questions

What does the name Hadley mean?

Hadley means "heather field". It comes from Old English. From an English surname derived from Old English hǣð 'heath, heather' and lēah 'clearing, field'. It began as a place name and later became a given name.

Is Hadley a boy or girl name?

Hadley is mainly a girl's name in US records (96% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Hadley?

2,401 US babies were named Hadley in 2024. Its peak year was 2018.

How do you pronounce Hadley?

Hadley is usually pronounced HAD-lee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.