Orley
Last seen for boys in 1963 at #4,048
- Peak · boys
- 1883 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 459since 1880
Orley over time
Rank among boys' names. Orley has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1963 | #4,048 | 5 |
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| 1954 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | #3,425 | 6 |
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| 1947 | #3,370 | 6 |
| 1946 | #2,271 | 11 |
| 1945 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #2,964 | 7 |
| 1942 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,671 | 8 |
| 1939 | #2,288 | 10 |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,088 | 12 |
| 1936 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | #2,529 | 9 |
| 1934 | #1,932 | 14 |
| 1933 | #2,093 | 12 |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1930 | #2,293 | 12 |
| 1929 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #2,298 | 13 |
| 1926 | #2,566 | 11 |
| 1925 | #1,935 | 17 |
| 1924 | #2,043 | 16 |
| 1923 | #1,551 | 24 |
| 1922 | #2,486 | 12 |
| 1921 | #1,549 | 24 |
| 1920 | #2,336 | 13 |
| 1919 | #1,882 | 17 |
| 1918 | #1,446 | 25 |
| 1917 | #2,562 | 10 |
| 1916 | #1,698 | 18 |
| 1915 | #1,707 | 17 |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,092 | 8 |
| 1912 | #2,045 | 7 |
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| 1904 | #1,064 | 6 |
| 1903 | #1,130 | 5 |
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| 1895 | #978 | 6 |
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| 1887 | #752 | 7 |
| 1886 | #959 | 5 |
| 1885 | #765 | 7 |
| 1884 | #764 | 7 |
| 1883 | #677 | 8 |
| 1882 | #943 | 5 |
| 1881 | #866 | 5 |
| 1880 | #682 | 8 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Orley was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1888–1894, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Orley is popular in 1885
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Orley
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1963
- Biggest jump: 266 spots in 1883 (#943 → #677)
- Biggest drop: 194 spots in 1886 (#765 → #959)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1883 at #677 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1888, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1880–1887
- Highest: 1 in 13,078 boys born in 1883 were named Orley (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 406,216 boys born in 1963 (0.00%)
- 30.9% of all boys named Orley (142) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 52 | #677 (1883) | #801 |
| 1890s | 6 | #978 (1895) | #978 |
| 1900s | 11 | #1,064 (1904) | #1,097 |
| 1910s | 102 | #1,446 (1918) | #1,919 |
| 1920s | 142 | #1,549 (1921) | #2,416 |
| 1930s | 82 | #1,932 (1934) | #2,433 |
| 1940s | 48 | #2,271 (1946) | #3,040 |
| 1950s | 11 | #3,425 (1953) | #3,626 |
| 1960s | 5 | #4,048 (1963) | #4,048 |
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.
Orley in 1885
Top boys' names in 1885
More about 1885
boys
107,799 boys got a published name in 1885; 1 in 15,400 of them was named Orley, which outranked 30.3% of the 1,097 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 70 names at #765; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.