as a First Name
Transferred use of the surname, which arose in the medieval period as a local name from various places named Hadley or Hadleigh; most were named with Old English hǣd ‘heath, heather’ + lēah.
| 5,781st in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,340
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 6,765
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Vermont
- has the most people named Hadley per capita
- 2010
- marked the height of its popularity
99%
1%
0.26%
55+
55+
0.13%
30-54
30-54
3%
13-29
13-29
97%
0-12
0-12
Top state populations
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