Will my child share the name Hartley with classmates?

Unlikely. With around 16 UK babies named Hartley per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Hartley in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.

Is Hartley becoming more or less popular in the UK?

Hartley has been fairly steady, ranked #1,613 in 2025 against #1,635 in 2020. Its best recorded position was #1,095 in 2015.

Is Hartley a good choice for a distinctive name?

Hartley is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.

Is Hartley a popular baby name in the United States?

Hartley does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice.

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Hartley is a distinctive choice, ranked #1613 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Hartley in their class.

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UK Rank 2025

#1613

About the Name Hartley

Hartley has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 945 places in five years. It was most popular in 2015 at #1095 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a regular feature in UK records since 2004.

Hartley is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Hartley in their class.

⭐ Famous People Named Hartley

Marsden Hartley — Marsden Hartley was an American Modernist painter, poet, and essayist.
Hartley Coleridge — Hartley Coleridge, possibly David Hartley Coleridge, was an English poet, biographer, essayist, and teacher.
Jane D. Hartley — Jane Dorothy Hartley is an American businesswoman and diplomat who served as the 67th United States ambassador to the United Kingdom under the Biden administration.

Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about the name Hartley

UK babies named Hartley (2025)

< 1

Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)

< 1

In a school of 600

↑ 22 places

Rank change (last 5 years)

🏫 Who else is in the room?

In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Hartley

Almost certainly the only Hartley in the class

UK Popularity (2004–2025)

Rank and birth count · ONS official data

No US data available for this name

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Famous People Named Hartley

Notable people who share this name, from history to the present day. See full list on Wikipedia

Marsden Hartley

Marsden Hartley was an American Modernist painter, poet, and essayist.

Hartley Coleridge

Hartley Coleridge, possibly David Hartley Coleridge, was an English poet, biographer, essayist, and teacher.

Jane D. Hartley

Jane Dorothy Hartley is an American businesswoman and diplomat who served as the 67th United States ambassador to the United Kingdom under the Biden administration.

Hartley Shawcross

Hartley William Shawcross, Baron Shawcross,, known from 1945 to 1959 as Sir Hartley Shawcross, was an English barrister and Labour politician who served as the lead British prosecutor at the Nuremberg War Crimes tribunal.