Name meaning & stats
Hadley
Hadley means “heather clearing”. 48,213 US babies since 1940, peak 2014.
What it means
“heather clearing”
Well documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2014
48,213 US babies were named Hadley between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Hadley (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Hadley is the main spelling
- Hadley 98%
- Hadlie 2%
- Hadli <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2014)