girls:
4k births since 1994
#2707 (53rd percentile)
overall:
4k births since 1994
#4311 (44th percentile)
The name Hadleigh is the #4,311 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,050 recorded births since 1994. This represents the 44.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 44.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,707 (52.6% percentile) for all time with 4,050 births since 1994.
Hadleigh first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1994 (first recorded for girls in 1994).
For girls, Hadleigh reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 31.9% percentile (ranked #652) with 165 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 166 births per million (ranked 30.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Hadleigh ranks #703 for girls (25.8% percentile) with 145 births per million, which is 87.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Hadleigh".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Hadleigh. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 82.9% confident that Hadleigh is pronounced as HAD-lee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is HAD-luh, at 17.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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