How common is the surname Hadley?

21,771 people in the United States had the surname Hadley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,182 Americans. It ranked 1,653rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hadley?

Stephen Hadley, American attorney and senior government official (born 1947), followed by Reed Hadley.

Where is the surname Hadley most common?

Wikidata records people named Hadley in the United States and the United Kingdom.

How do you pronounce Hadley?

Hadley is /ˈhædli/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Hadley getting more or less common?

More common. 20,710 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 21,771 in 2010, up 5.1%.

Is Hadley also a first name?

Yes. Hadley is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Hadley

An English place surname, carried by 21,771 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈhædli/ 2 syllables Soundex H340 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hadley is more common than 99% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English hǣþ (“heath”) + Old English leah (“woodland clearing”). Equivalent to heath (compare Heath) + -ley.

Hadley is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 21,771 people named Hadley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 14,182 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 20,710.

#1,653

rank among US surnames

21,771

people in 2010

7.4

per 100,000 Americans

+5.1%

change since 2000 (was #1,590)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,644	Engel	21,933	14,077
#1,645	Valadez	21,859	14,124
#1,646	Carbajal	21,838	14,138
#1,647	Redmond	21,834	14,141
#1,648	Jarrett	21,821	14,149
#1,649	Bolden	21,819	14,150
#1,650	Wolff	21,815	14,153

Who is named Hadley

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

77% of people named Hadley identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 77%
Black (not Hispanic) 16%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hadleys

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Stephen Hadley
American attorney and senior government official (born 1947)
Reed Hadley
American actor (1911–1974)
Henry Kimball Hadley
American composer (1871-1937)
Jerry Hadley
American opera singer (1952–2007)
Patrick Hadley
British composer (1899–1973)
James Hadley
American classical philologist (1821–1872)
Herbert S. Hadley
American politician (1872–1927)
Tessa Hadley
British author of novels, short stories and non-fiction, born 1956

Notable Hadleys come mostly from the United States (6) and the United Kingdom (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Adley
Hadlee
Hadleigh

Surnames that sound like Hadley

Hadley has the Soundex code H340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H340.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hadley come from?: From Old English hǣþ (“heath”) + Old English leah (“woodland clearing”). Equivalent to heath (compare Heath) + -ley.
How common is the surname Hadley?: 21,771 people in the United States had the surname Hadley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,182 Americans. It ranked 1,653rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hadley?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Hadley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hadley?: Stephen Hadley, American attorney and senior government official (born 1947), followed by Reed Hadley.
Where is the surname Hadley most common?: Wikidata records people named Hadley in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Hadley?: Hadley is /ˈhædli/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Hadley?: Hadley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Hadley getting more or less common?: More common. 20,710 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 21,771 in 2010, up 5.1%.
What are other spellings of Hadley?: Adley, Hadlee and Hadleigh.
Is Hadley also a first name?: Yes. Hadley is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.