Orley

Last seen for boys in 1963 at #4,048

Peak · boys
1883 · 8 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
459
since 1880

Orley over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Orley has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201895peak #677, 1883boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1963#4,0485
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1954#3,8275
1953#3,4256
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1947#3,3706
1946#2,27111
1945#3,3385
1944#3,1096
1943#2,9647
1942#3,5605
1941
1940#2,6718
1939#2,28810
1938
1937#2,08812
1936#3,1476
1935#2,5299
1934#1,93214
1933#2,09312
1932
1931#3,0957
1930#2,29312
1929#3,2477
1928#4,1515
1927#2,29813
1926#2,56611
1925#1,93517
1924#2,04316
1923#1,55124
1922#2,48612
1921#1,54924
1920#2,33613
1919#1,88217
1918#1,44625
1917#2,56210
1916#1,69818
1915#1,70717
1914
1913#2,0928
1912#2,0457
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1904#1,0646
1903#1,1305
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1895#9786
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1887#7527
1886#9595
1885#7657
1884#7647
1883#6778
1882#9435
1881#8665
1880#6828
First appearance
1880

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.

See more about Orley
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1963
  • Biggest jump: 266 spots in 1883 (#943#677)
  • Biggest drop: 194 spots in 1886 (#765#959)
Rise & fade · boys
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1883 at #677 (8 births)
  • Births halved by 1888, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1880–1887
Share of babies · boys
1 in 13,078
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 30.9% of all boys named Orley (142) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s52#677 (1883)#801
1890s6#978 (1895)#978
1900s11#1,064 (1904)#1,097
1910s102#1,446 (1918)#1,919
1920s142#1,549 (1921)#2,416
1930s82#1,932 (1934)#2,433
1940s48#2,271 (1946)#3,040
1950s11#3,425 (1953)#3,626
1960s5#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 1895

boys
#978
6 births · 1 in 19,566 boys

Top boys' names in 1895

  1. #1John8,320
  2. #2William7,277
  3. #3James5,335
  4. #4George4,289
  5. #5Charles3,633
  6. #6Frank3,012
  7. #7Joseph2,992
  8. #8Robert2,635
  9. #9Henry2,221
  10. #10Edward2,203
  11. #978Orley6
More about 1895

boys

117,393 boys got a published name in 1895; 1 in 19,566 of them was named Orley, which outranked 21.2% of the 1,241 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Orley
  1. #872Winston7
  2. #872Woodie7
  3. #872Zeke7
  4. #978Orley6
  5. #978Abel6
  6. #978Alf6
  7. #978Alois6
  8. #1,079Ace5
  9. #1,079Albertus5
  10. #1,079Albion5

Tied with 100 names at #978; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1894
Risers
  1. 573Alma#1,074#501
  2. 463Delmar#954#491
  3. 453Connie#954#501
  4. 434Bradford#1,074#640
  5. 434Brady#1,074#640
Fallers
  1. 536Beverly#543#1,079
  2. 512Boss#567#1,079
  3. 498Verner#480#978
  4. 457Abel#521#978
  5. 457Justin#521#978

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1895