Hanley
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HAN-lee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Hanley is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “high clearing”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Hanley mean?
English: English surname from a place name
“high clearing”
From places such as Hanley in Stoke-on-Trent; also an anglicised Irish surname, Ó hAinle.
Is Hanley a girl's or a boy's name?
Hanley is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls and 9 boys in the US.
How popular is Hanley in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Hanley in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Hanley in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Hanley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,239th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Hanley, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 36 boys. It first appears in the records in 1913. 11 girls were also named Hanley in 2025 (8,858th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Hanley in the US since 1880 were born between 1934 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2019, 55% of the babies named Hanley in the US were girls.
Hanley in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 25 | #4,090 |
| 2017 | 28 | #3,777 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 25 | #4,078 |
| 2014 | 32 | #3,369 |
| 2013 | 36 | #3,058 |
| 2012 | 30 | #3,527 |
| 2011 | 25 | #3,992 |
| 2010 | 19 | #4,845 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,427 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,095 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 7 | #2,861 |
| 1943 | 10 | #2,404 |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,655 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,130 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 7 | #2,905 |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,853 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 7 | #2,972 |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,091 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,650 |
| 1930 | 9 | #2,779 |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,659 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,523 |
| 1926 | 10 | #2,723 |
| 1925 | 10 | #2,753 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,473 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,613 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 10 | #2,803 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,458 |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,258 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 11 | #1,974 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,272 |
Names like Hanley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Oakley, Finley, Harley, Henley, Riley, Marley, Hudson, Henry, Kingsley, Huxley, Hadley, Harvey
Names related to Hanley
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter, Harrison
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Hanley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hanley, updated 20 October 2026.