Hadley

First Name
29k
in the U.S.
since 1880
Last Name
22k
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in 2010
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  2. Pronunciation
  3. Meanings and Origins
  4. Notable Persons Named Hadley
  5. Notable Persons With the Last Name Hadley
  6. Popularity by Year and Gender
  7. Regional Popularity
  8. Ethnicity Distribution
  9. Fun Facts
  10. What Hadleys Have Visited This Page?
  11. Name Poster

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Meaning and Origin

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Origin and Meaning of Hadley

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  • A submission from Wisconsin, United States says the name Hadley means "Great spirited" and is of American origin.
  • A user from South Africa says the name Hadley is of English origin and means "Famous".

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  1. A surname​.
  2. A female given name
  3. A male given name
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Notable Persons Named Hadley

Hadley Fraser

Hadley Fraser is an actor, singer, and singing. Hadley was given the name Robert Hugh Fraser on April 21st, 1980 in Windsor, Berkshire, England.

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Hadley Wickham

Hadley Wickham is a in the fields of statistics, data science, and r (programming language).

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Hadley Delany

Hadley Delany is an actress. She was most prominent from 2010 to present. Hadley was born in New York, United States.

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Hadley "Rip" Jagger

Hadley "Rip" Jagger is a comics character.

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Hadley Freeman

Hadley was born in 1978 in New York. Hadley is also known as Hadley Freeman.

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Hadley Kay

Hadley Kay is an actor. Hadley was born on February 22nd, 1973 in Toronto.

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Notable Persons With the Last Name Hadley

Tony Hadley

Tony Hadley is a musician. He has had major accomplishments since 1979. Tony was given the name Anthony Patrick Hadley on June 2nd, 1960 in Islington, London, England.

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Stephen Hadley

Stephen Hadley is an office holder. Stephen was born on February 13th, 1947 in Toledo, Ohio.

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Midge Hadley

Midge Hadley is a fictional character.

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Ray Hadley

Ray Hadley is a talkback radio broadcaster and tv personality. Ray was born on September 27th, 1954 in Paddington.

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Reed Hadley

Reed Hadley was an actor. His career lasted from 1938 to 1971. Reed was given the name Reed Herring on June 25th, 1911 in Petrolia, Texas. Reed is also known as Herring and Reed (birth name). He passed away on December 11th, 1974.

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The Lord Carr of Hadley

The Lord Carr of Hadley was a for Mitcham, for Carshalton, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary, Lord President of the Council, Leader of the House of Commons, Secretary of State for Employment, Member of Parliament, forMitcham, and forCarshalton. The was born on November 11th, 1916. He died on February 17th, 2012.

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How popular is the baby name Hadley in the U.S.?

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Year Total Babies Born Girls Born Boys Born Ranking
1906 6 0 6
1908 16 0 16
1909 14 0 14
1910 5 0 5
1911 9 0 9
1912 11 0 11
1913 10 0 10
1914 15 0 15
1915 14 0 14
1916 14 0 14
1917 16 0 16
1918 18 0 18
1919 18 0 18
1920 20 0 20
1921 18 0 18
1922 14 0 14
1923 16 0 16
1924 11 0 11
1925 20 0 20
1926 17 0 17
1927 25 0 25
1928 26 0 26
1929 11 0 11
1930 19 0 19
1931 17 0 17
1932 16 0 16
1933 9 0 9
1934 13 0 13
1935 15 0 15
1936 9 0 9
1937 11 0 11
1938 14 0 14
1939 11 0 11
1940 12 0 12
1941 19 0 19
1942 9 0 9
1943 9 0 9
1944 12 0 12
1945 16 0 16
1946 13 0 13
1947 13 0 13
1948 10 0 10
1949 10 0 10
1950 9 0 9
1951 9 0 9
1952 11 0 11
1953 10 0 10
1954 8 0 8
1955 16 0 16
1956 11 0 11
1957 7 0 7
1958 13 0 13
1959 9 0 9
1960 12 0 12
1961 12 0 12
1962 9 0 9
1963 11 0 11
1964 7 7 0
1965 15 6 9
1966 20 8 12
1967 12 6 6
1968 14 6 8
1969 19 10 9
1970 21 13 8
1971 19 10 9
1972 24 19 5
1973 25 20 5
1974 23 18 5
1975 33 22 11
1976 29 23 6
1977 27 18 9
1978 21 21 0
1979 42 28 14
1980 39 29 10
1981 42 28 14
1982 50 33 17
1983 43 33 10
1984 46 33 13
1985 32 23 9
1986 47 39 8
1987 54 36 18
1988 45 37 8
1989 69 51 18
1990 70 51 19
1991 79 64 15
1992 92 81 11
1993 108 92 16
1994 134 123 11
1995 119 102 17
1996 140 119 21
1997 182 157 25
1998 242 212 30
1999 227 198 29
2000 269 235 34
2001 299 266 33
2002 295 261 34
2003 397 373 24
2004 444 392 52
2005 491 450 41
2006 654 620 34
2007 728 687 41
2008 813 769 44
2009 931 887 44
2010 1,479 1,439 40
2011 1,806 1,758 48
2012 2,467 2,418 49
2013 2,858 2,826 32
2014 3,056 3,011 45 #100 girl name
2015 3,008 2,971 37
2016 2,911 2,878 33
2017 2,726 2,691 35
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Where is the name Hadley popular?

International Interest for Hadley

Interest is based how many people viewed this name from each country and is scaled based on the total views by each country so that large countries do not always show the most interest. Darker blue on the map indicates that people in the country are more likely to search for this name.

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Popularity in the US

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Popularity of Hadley as a first name

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Popularity of Hadley as a last name

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Common last names for Hadley

  • Smith
  • Williams
  • Johnson
  • Fontenot
  • Davis

Common first names for Hadley

Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Hadley U.S.
â–ˆ  White 77.42% 64.26%
â–ˆ  African American 15.64% 11.96%
â–ˆ  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 1.12% 4.85%
â–ˆ  American Indian and Alaska Native 1.67% 0.69%
â–ˆ  Two or More Ethnicities 1.86% 1.76%
â–ˆ  Hispanic or Latino 2.29% 16.26%

Of Last Name Hadley

People with the last name Hadley are most frequently White or African American

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Fun Facts about the name Hadley

  • What name lists does Hadley rank for?
    #47Modern Girl Names
    #173Unisex Names
  • How Popular is the name Hadley? Hadley is the 1,418th most popular name of all time. As a last name Hadley was the 1,653rd most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Hadley have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2017, the Social Security Administration has recorded 28,591 babies born with the first name Hadley in the United States. That's more than enough people named Hadley to occupy the territory of Aland Islands (Finland) with an estimated population of 28,355 (as of December 31, 2011).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Hadley? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1906 when it was given as a first name to 6 new born babies.
  • When was Hadley first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Hadley is Friday, November 22nd, 1872.
  • What year had the most people named Hadley born? The highest recorded use of the first name Hadley was in 2014 with a total of 3,011 babies. That's a lot of babies named Hadley!
  • Random Hadley Factoid: According to the 2014 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Hadley ranks 44th in popularity as a baby girl's name in Idaho. Imagine that, 28 babies in Idaho have the same name as you in 2014.
  • Weird things about the name Hadley: Your name in reverse order is Yeldah. A random rearrangement of the letters in your name (anagram) will give Ehylad. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Hadley? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 21,771 people with the last name Hadley.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Hadley? If you manage to meet 100,000 people in your life, chances are that 7 of them will have Hadley as their last name.
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