# Hadleigh (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/hadleigh/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhædli/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,467 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 4,467 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 229, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Rare variant of Hadley.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 164 | 1,396 |
| 2012 | 197 | 1,233 |
| 2013 | 236 | 1,049 |
| 2014 | 314 | 870 |
| 2015 | 285 | 953 |
| 2016 | 319 | 883 |
| 2017 | 296 | 905 |
| 2018 | 277 | 955 |
| 2019 | 259 | 998 |
| 2020 | 263 | 969 |
| 2021 | 297 | 907 |
| 2022 | 275 | 968 |
| 2023 | 254 | 1,002 |
| 2024 | 214 | 1,129 |
| 2025 | 198 | 1,171 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,583 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,488 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,598 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,411 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,788 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2010 | 7 | 2,629 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,324 |
| 2018 | 17 | 1,455 |
| 2019 | 23 | 1,152 |
| 2020 | 21 | 1,230 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2022 | 12 | 1,879 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2,921 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.