girls:
1.9k births since 1984
#3886 (32nd percentile)
boys:
1.6k births since 1892
#3105 (32nd percentile)
overall:
3.5k births since 1892
#4644 (40th percentile)
The name Hartley is the #4,644 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,473 recorded births since 1892. This represents the 40.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 40.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,886 (32.0% percentile) for all time with 1,919 births since 1984. For boys, it ranks #3,105 (32.3% percentile) for all time with 1,554 births since 1892.
Hartley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1892 (1892 for boys and 1984 for girls). Birth data for Hartley is available in 106 out of the 132 years between 1892 and 2023 (103 years for boys and 35 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Hartley has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (55.3% of all recorded births). In 2023, 81.5% of babies named Hartley were girls. Interestingly, until around 1990, the name was more popular for boys (98.9% boys from 1892 to 1989), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (81.9% girls from 1990 to 2023).
For girls, Hartley reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 14.6% percentile (ranked #811) with 76 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 76 births per million (ranked 14.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Hartley is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #824 (13.0% percentile) with 73 births per million.
For boys, Hartley reached its peak popularity in 1918, achieving the 5.8% percentile (ranked #500) with 34 births per million. The name was most common in 1895, with 79 births per million (ranked 2.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Hartley ranks #887 for boys (2.6% percentile) with 16 births per million, which is 20.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Hartley".
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