Arley
#4,172 for girls in 2025, 34 births · #1,753 for boys in 2025, 92 births
Given to boys 80.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1885 · 9 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,648since 1885
Arley over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,172 | 34 | #1,753 | 92 |
| 2024 | #4,294 | 33 | #2,057 | 73 |
| 2023 | #4,363 | 32 | #1,896 | 83 |
| 2022 | #4,108 | 35 | #2,150 | 68 |
| 2021 | #4,014 | 36 | #2,410 | 56 |
| 2020 | #4,078 | 34 | #2,069 | 68 |
| 2019 | #4,437 | 31 | #1,762 | 88 |
| 2018 | #4,237 | 33 | #2,167 | 64 |
| 2017 | #4,147 | 35 | #2,637 | 47 |
| 2016 | #5,796 | 22 | #2,477 | 51 |
| 2015 | #4,403 | 32 | #2,212 | 61 |
| 2014 | #5,456 | 24 | #2,154 | 63 |
| 2013 | #4,887 | 28 | #2,594 | 46 |
| 2012 | #6,872 | 18 | #1,687 | 90 |
| 2011 | #4,807 | 29 | #2,284 | 56 |
| 2010 | #6,382 | 20 | #3,072 | 37 |
| 2009 | #7,679 | 16 | #4,582 | 21 |
| 2008 | #8,529 | 14 | #4,714 | 20 |
| 2007 | #8,520 | 14 | #7,094 | 11 |
| 2006 | #9,901 | 11 | #6,460 | 12 |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 | #5,034 | 16 |
| 2004 | #8,259 | 13 | #6,976 | 10 |
| 2003 | #8,505 | 12 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | #7,816 | 13 | #4,188 | 19 |
| 2001 | — | #6,935 | 9 | |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 | #5,920 | 11 |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | #5,317 | 12 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #6,314 | 9 |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | #5,535 | 10 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | #4,280 | 14 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #2,951 | 24 |
| 1993 | — | #1,933 | 42 | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #3,338 | 19 |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #3,813 | 15 |
| 1990 | — | #2,488 | 27 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,292 | 29 | |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | #2,599 | 22 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #3,882 | 11 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #4,737 | 15 | #3,701 | 11 |
| 1983 | #2,853 | 30 | #3,230 | 13 |
| 1982 | #3,172 | 27 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | — | #4,495 | 8 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,569 | 11 | |
| 1978 | — | #5,059 | 6 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,386 | 11 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,264 | 11 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,428 | 10 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,120 | 11 | |
| 1973 | — | #4,054 | 7 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,146 | 10 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,521 | 8 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,549 | 12 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,907 | 9 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,352 | 12 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,216 | 13 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,918 | 17 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,044 | 16 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,186 | 14 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,948 | 18 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,121 | 15 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,865 | 19 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,724 | 21 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,952 | 17 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,532 | 26 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,682 | 21 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,668 | 21 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,186 | 13 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,665 | 21 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,279 | 33 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,464 | 25 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,702 | 19 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,296 | 31 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,363 | 29 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,124 | 38 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,204 | 30 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,085 | 37 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,214 | 32 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,089 | 39 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,254 | 28 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,067 | 37 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,219 | 29 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,247 | 28 | |
| 1937 | — | #896 | 48 | |
| 1936 | — | #924 | 44 | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #1,057 | 37 |
| 1934 | — | #970 | 43 | |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | #980 | 42 |
| 1932 | — | #963 | 46 | |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | #1,111 | 37 |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 | #1,151 | 37 |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 | #923 | 53 |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 | #1,019 | 46 |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #898 | 57 |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #855 | 60 |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | #956 | 50 |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 | #1,133 | 40 |
| 1923 | — | #882 | 59 | |
| 1922 | #2,958 | 11 | #863 | 63 |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #1,011 | 48 |
| 1920 | #3,598 | 8 | #1,045 | 44 |
| 1919 | — | #1,047 | 42 | |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 | #975 | 47 |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 | #946 | 46 |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #984 | 42 |
| 1915 | — | #832 | 54 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,019 | 30 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,075 | 22 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,000 | 21 | |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | — | #1,314 | 7 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #779 | 12 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,200 | 6 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,004 | 7 | |
| 1905 | — | #919 | 8 | |
| 1904 | — | #810 | 9 | |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 | #783 | 9 |
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
| 1901 | — | #943 | 6 | |
| 1900 | — | #968 | 8 | |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | #857 | 7 |
| 1898 | — | #1,121 | 5 | |
| 1897 | — | #681 | 10 | |
| 1896 | — | #778 | 9 | |
| 1895 | — | #872 | 7 | |
| 1894 | — | #787 | 8 | |
| 1893 | — | #836 | 7 | |
| 1892 | — | #748 | 9 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 | #884 | 6 |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #819 | 6 | |
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | #641 | 9 | |
| 1884 | #930 | 6 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Arley! It came in at #641, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1888–1889, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Arley
- 304 spots since 2024 (#2,057 → #1,753)
- 316 spots since 2020 (#2,069 → #1,753)
- 459 spots since 2015 (#2,212 → #1,753)
- Biggest jump: 421 spots in 1908 (#1,200 → #779)
- Biggest drop: 440 spots in 1898 (#681 → #1,121)
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1885 at #641 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1888, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 1892–1897
- Highest: 1 in 11,276 boys born in 1897 were named Arley (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 18,566 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #641 in 1885, was only 1 in 11,978 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 16.5% of all boys named Arley (603) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2007, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 20 | #641 (1885) | #806 |
| 1890s | 68 | #681 (1897) | #840 |
| 1900s | 70 | #779 (1908) | #949 |
| 1910s | 318 | #832 (1915) | #1,058 |
| 1920s | 520 | #855 (1926) | #959 |
| 1930s | 391 | #896 (1937) | #1,052 |
| 1940s | 320 | #1,067 (1940) | #1,240 |
| 1950s | 217 | #1,279 (1951) | #1,702 |
| 1960s | 136 | #1,918 (1965) | #2,291 |
| 1970s | 92 | #3,120 (1974) | #3,651 |
| 1980s | 134 | #2,292 (1989) | #3,641 |
| 1990s | 180 | #1,933 (1993) | #4,259 |
| 2000s | 139 | #4,188 (2002) | #5,862 |
| 2010s | 603 | #1,687 (2012) | #2,305 |
| 2020s | 440 | #1,753 (2025) | #2,056 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Arley in 2014
Top girls' names in 2014
Top boys' names in 2014
More about 2014
girls
1,786,355 girls got a published name in 2014; 1 in 74,431 of them was named Arley, which outranked 71.6% of the 19,232 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,310Zamari25
- #5,310Zelie25
- #5,310Ziona25
- #5,456Arley24
- #5,456Aaleah24
- #5,456Aamiyah24
- #5,456Aaron24
- #5,625Adel23
- #5,625Aden23
- #5,625Adryanna23
Tied with 168 names at #5,456; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 3,632Aranza#4,243 → #611
- ↑ 576Montserrat#1,148 → #572
- ↑ 573Monserrat#1,165 → #592
- ↑ 463Maisie#1,116 → #653
- ↑ 419Ariadne#1,220 → #801
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,920,871 boys got a published name in 2014; 1 in 30,490 of them was named Arley, which outranked 84.7% of the 14,081 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,138Rayshawn64
- #2,138Robinson64
- #2,138Treyton64
- #2,154Arley63
- #2,154Ahmari63
- #2,154Bjorn63
- #2,154Bladen63
- #2,175Aris62
- #2,175Avan62
- #2,175Caelan62
Tied with 20 names at #2,154; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.