Hartley

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Hartley: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Hartley: Recorded since 2004, it reached #1,095 in 2015, and it stood at #1,460 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
21years from first to last
#1095highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2016–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2016	#2966
2017	#4763
2019	#4001
2020	#3899
2021	#5581
2023	#4709
2024	#4843

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 19 of the 21 years from 2004 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2004–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2004
First recorded at #3651 among boys in England and Wales in 2004 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2004–2024
Highest recorded position: #1095 among boys in England and Wales, in 2015 (recorded 2004–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Hartley appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 19 years beginning in 2004, and has registered 232 births with the name.

Hartley across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Hartley's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#3651 (2004)	#1095 (2015)	#1460 (2024)	19 of 21	232 (2004–2024)	25 (2015)
England and Wales · Girls	#2966 (2016)	#2966 (2016)	#4843 (2024)	7 of 9	33 (2016–2024)	8 (2016)

Hartley by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Hartley in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	18	4 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	156	10 of 10	16
2020s	58	5 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 16 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Hartley appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1095 in England and Wales in 2015.

Hartley's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4843	4	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#1460	18	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2007	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2755	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2493	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1635	14	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1152	23	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1683	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1546	16	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2966	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1903	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1095	25	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1486	16	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1706	13	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1191	22	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2194	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2837	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2004 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,095, first reached in 2015.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 25 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Evelyn-Rose · #1095, 15y
Harvinder · #1096, 20y
Tilly-Rose · #1094, 21y
Harley-Jay · #1097, 21y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Evelyn-Rose · #1095, 15y
Tilly-Rose · #1094, 21y
Eesah · #1097, 25y
Harley-Jay · #1097, 21y

Hartley and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Hartley without appearing here.

Hartley moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2007 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1460 and #5119.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2837 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1706 and #4685.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2755 and #1879 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2007 and #4107.
Aria Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2194 and #1788 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1191 and #3039.

Moved ahead of Hartley

Yvonne Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2966 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #2090.
Diane Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2966 and #3609 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #2201.
Eabha Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2966 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #2201.
Luca Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2966 and #3609 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #2502.

Moved the opposite way to Hartley

Aaron Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hartley went from #3651 to #1460 while Aaron went from #41 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hartley went from #3651 to #1460 while Adam went from #24 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hartley went from #3651 to #1460 while Alan went from #275 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hartley went from #3651 to #1460 while Alex went from #46 to #171.

Moved the same way as Hartley

Albie Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hartley went from #3651 to #1460 and Albie from #408 to #19.
Alfred Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hartley went from #3651 to #1460 and Alfred from #171 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hartley went from #3651 to #1460 and Archie from #45 to #10.
Arlo Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hartley went from #3651 to #1460 and Arlo from #875 to #15.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1095 in England and Wales in 2015. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Hartley

Hartley at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Hartley across 2 official records

Hartley by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Hartley appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Hartley and the names beside it

Hartley moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Hartley

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Hartley at a glance

Hartley across 2 official records

Hartley by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Hartley appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Hartley and the names beside it

Hartley moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Hartley

Moved the opposite way to Hartley

Moved the same way as Hartley