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Hartley

Recorded 1892–2025 · United States

Hartley was most popular in 2024, when 176 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,443 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,426, with 174 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,827 people named Hartley.

Most popular in2024
Rank that year#2,443
Births that year176
Total since 18803,827
Given to58% girls

Hartley over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Hartley’s peak in 2024. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Hartley a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Hartley is a unisex name — 58.0% of the 3,827 Americans given it were girls and 42.0% were boys. It changed hands: since 2003 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 85% girls and 15% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Hartley

Where Hartley is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org