Hadleigh
- Pronunciation
- [Had-leigh]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Girl In Heather
- Origin
- English
Hadleigh Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 4,265 baby girls have been named Hadleigh. The name peaked in 2016 with 319 US births that year (rank #883). In 2024, ranked #1131 nationally — 248 places below its 2016 peak.
Top States for Hadleigh
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Hadleigh births are: Texas (412), Tennessee (198), Georgia (182).
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8-Letter Names Starting with H
Names with Hadleigh's exact length and starting letter: Hadassah, Hadiyyah, Hagaleah, Hagalean, Hagaward.
Quick Facts About Hadleigh
US Popularity History (2014–2022)
Annual US births named Hadleigh by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2016 with 319 girls named Hadleigh (girl rank #883 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2022, ranked #968 for girls (275 US births). That's 85 places below its 2016 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Hadleigh Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Hadleigh the strongest states are West Virginia, Mississippi, Arkansas.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Virginia | #332 | 26 |
| 2 | Mississippi | #368 | 61 |
| 3 | Arkansas | #370 | 84 |
| 4 | Kentucky | #399 | 108 |
| 5 | Alabama | #485 | 100 |
| 6 | Kansas | #492 | 35 |
| 7 | Tennessee | #497 | 146 |
| 8 | Oklahoma | #513 | 77 |
| 9 | Iowa | #577 | 22 |
| 10 | Louisiana | #597 | 78 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | #1,043 | 144 |
| 2 | Pennsylvania | #929 | 30 |
| 3 | Michigan | #911 | 42 |
| 4 | Ohio | #902 | 65 |
| 5 | Minnesota | #878 | 16 |
| 6 | Virginia | #796 | 58 |
| 7 | Wisconsin | #724 | 27 |
| 8 | North Carolina | #709 | 124 |
| 9 | Georgia | #687 | 136 |
| 10 | South Carolina | #678 | 40 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Hadleigh in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Hadleigh against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).