Adley
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Meaning
possibly related to the English surname Adley; meaning as a first name is uncertain
The story
Adley’s origin as a first name is uncertain. There is an English surname Adley that may have developed from Hadlow, or less probably from Hadley. That possible surname history does not establish a meaning for every modern use of the first name.
Both boys and girls appear under Adley in early twentieth-century American birth records. Its later growth in the United States has been mainly among girls. Brazil shows a different pattern: most residents named Adley in its 2022 census were men.
How popular is Adley around the world?
In the United States, 3,028 babies were named Adley between 2020 and 2025. In Scotland, 9 girls named Adley were registered in 2024, the 351st most common name among girls that year.
Adley is on the official records of the United States, Scotland, Canada, England and Wales and Brazil.
United States
1 in 7,200
In the United States, 3,028 babies were named Adley between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Adley peaked in the 2010s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Scotland
1 in 5,100
In Scotland, 9 girls named Adley were registered in 2024, the 351st most common name among girls that year.
The count never rose above 9 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names
Canada
1 in 11,000
In Canada, 23 girls named Adley were born in 2024, ranked 1,109th among girls that year.
In Canada, 9 boys named Adley were born in 2024, ranked 2,134th among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
England and Wales
1 in 17,000
In England and Wales, 20 boys named Adley were born in 2025, ranked 1,359th among boys that year.
In England and Wales, 14 girls named Adley were born in 2025, ranked 2,006th among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Brazil
1 in 500,000
At the 2022 census, 311 people in Brazil were named Adley, ranked 18,583rd, with a median age of 20.
Among people named Adley living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2000s than in any other decade.
people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth
People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Ireland, New Zealand and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the South Australia record for 1944 to 2017: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Adley
Most people given the name Adley in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Adley deep dive
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