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This isn't a style of name that usually appeals to me, but I do like Hadley. I think it's that D in the middle; it adds a little punch to a name that is otherwise very just another surnamey ends-in-LEE name. It's a trendy name, for sure, and it's definitely becoming more common. I know I've seen it IRL, and when I check the SSA, I see it's jumped from 921 to 216 in ten years. I think it will keep climbing, probably well into the Top 100 since it's a good substitute for the tired Haley/Hayley, and then it will probably fall, so I think it will end up dated as a name for this generation. Besides its resemblance to Haley, Bailey and other similar names, I think there's also a minor character in the Sookie Stackhouse vampire series (don't know if she made it into True Blood or not) who has probably given the name extra exposure.

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It doesn't make me think of head at all. Head and had sound very different to me.