Hadlee

What Hadlee means

Variant of Hadley, meaning “heath + woodland clearing”

variant of Hadley || From Old English hǣþ (“heath”) + Old English leah (“woodland clearing”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Hadlee” (revision 67792818) and “Hadley” (revision 92415113), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Hadlee?

US: Falling: down from #811 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2021, when 381 girls got the name (#746 that year). First in the US records in 1994.

How common

• About 1 in 5,720 baby girls in the US in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NE (0.85 per 1,000 girls), AL (0.76 per 1,000 girls), MS (0.67 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Hadlee is #928 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Hadlee were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Hadley2,254 US · 35 E&W
• Hadeel20 US · 5 E&W
• Hatley7 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Hadlee

Girls

• Kinslee#955Variant of Kinsley, meaning “Royal (a man's name) + s + woodland…^*
• Avery#37Editor’s note Used for both: 82% of US babies named Avery in 2025 were girls
• Karsyn#718Editor’s note Used for both: 70% of US babies named Karsyn in 2025 were girls
• Piper#155Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #67 in 2015, #155 in 2025
• Teagan#340Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1979, with 6 babies
• Raegan#505Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1963, with 9 babies

For a brother

• Jaxon#115Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #44 in 2015, #115 in 2025
• Holden#297Editor’s note Steady in the US: #291 in 2015 and #297 in 2025
• Camden#205“enclosure + valley”^*
• Cooper#27Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #77 in 2015, #27 in 2025
• Kamden#717Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1986, with 6 babies
• Braxton#172Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #172 vs #2,014 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Hadlee’s. Rank is US 2025.