Hartley

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A few things about Hartley you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Hartley

Hartley Sawyer

American actor

Choose Hartley and your child shares a first name with Hartley Sawyer, an American actor. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Hartley, like who?” Hartley Sawyer's Wikipedia article is available in 20 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 10,858 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Hartley, 148 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Hartley would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryHartley first shows up in US birth records in 1892, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 133 years since.
• 🏆Best yearHartley is at its all-time high right now: #1,452 in 2025.
• 📈Then vs nowHartley is 21× more common today than it was in 2000. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 227,273 baby girls; in 2025, about 1 in 10,858.
• 🚀TrendHartley has climbed 472 places in the US rankings over the last five years and now sits at #1,452. Fast risers like this often keep climbing, so expect to hear it more.
• 📍Where it's lovedHartley is most popular in Mississippi, where it ranks #341, followed by Kentucky (#570) and Alabama (#633). It's in the top 1,000 in 5 states.
• ⚖️Boy or girlHartley is given to both boys and girls: 85% of the 174 babies named Hartley in 2025 were girls. That makes it one of the names that truly works for either.
• 💬MeaningIn English, Hartley means “stag meadow”.

About the name Hartley

Hartley is a gender-neutral name of English origin meaning “stag meadow”. It has 7 letters and 2 syllables, starting with H and ending in “-ley”. US birth records list Hartley for girls from 1984 to 2025, in 37 of those 42 years. Its best year was 2025, when it ranked #1,452 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #1,452, with 148 babies. Of the 174 US babies named Hartley in 2025, 85% were girls and 15% were boys.

Origin:English names