Worley

Last seen for boys in 1971 at #4,375

Peak · boys
1885 · 10 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
730
since 1882

Worley over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201938peak #604, 1885boys
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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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1971#4,3756
1970#4,7245
1969#4,4045
1968
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1966#3,5376
1965#3,9305
1964#2,54611
1963#4,0485
1962#3,0418
1961
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1959#3,9885
1958#2,8189
1957#2,8229
1956#3,2167
1955
1954#2,9428
1953#3,4256
1952#2,51410
1951#3,0667
1950#2,43810
1949#2,6069
1948#2,21812
1947#2,6719
1946#2,40310
1945#1,92613
1944#2,4679
1943#2,07413
1942#2,26811
1941#1,90314
1940#2,17911
1939#1,95813
1938#1,81815
1937#1,48121
1936#1,63917
1935#1,83715
1934#1,38624
1933#1,99713
1932#1,99514
1931#1,84316
1930#2,44411
1929#2,09614
1928#1,52224
1927#1,95917
1926#2,72510
1925#1,93517
1924#1,57724
1923#2,33113
1922#1,88318
1921#2,50212
1920#1,27332
1919#1,69520
1918#2,07315
1917#1,75518
1916#1,64619
1915#1,87815
1914#2,10110
1913#2,4966
1912#1,8858
1911
1910
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1907#1,3455
1906
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1904#1,2055
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1897#1,0575
1896#1,1015
1895#9786
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1892#1,0665
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1885#60410
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1882#9435
1881
1880
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five boys were named Worley! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1884, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Worley
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1971
  • Biggest drop: 123 spots in 1896 (#978#1,101)
Rise & fade · boys
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1885 at #604 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 3 yrs · 1882–1895
Share of babies · boys
1 in 10,780
  • Highest: 1 in 10,780 boys born in 1885 were named Worley (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 294,741 boys born in 1971 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 24.8% of all boys named Worley (181) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s15#604 (1885)#774
1890s21#978 (1895)#1,051
1900s10#1,205 (1904)#1,275
1910s111#1,646 (1916)#1,941
1920s181#1,273 (1920)#1,980
1930s159#1,386 (1934)#1,840
1940s111#1,903 (1941)#2,272
1950s71#2,438 (1950)#3,025
1960s40#2,546 (1964)#3,584
1970s11#4,375 (1971)#4,550

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.

Worley in 1938

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#1,818
15 births · 1 in 73,943 boys

Top boys' names in 1938

  1. #1Robert62,271
  2. #2James59,102
  3. #3John50,517
  4. #4William42,433
  5. #5Richard34,385
  6. #6Charles31,151
  7. #7Donald26,677
  8. #8David22,994
  9. #9Thomas21,381
  10. #10Ronald20,295
  11. #1,818Worley15
More about 1938

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1,109,147 boys got a published name in 1938; 1 in 73,943 of them was named Worley, which outranked 54.9% of the 4,035 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Worley
  1. #1,741Windle16
  2. #1,741Worth16
  3. #1,741Yvonne16
  4. #1,818Worley15
  5. #1,818Abie15
  6. #1,818Ace15
  7. #1,818Adrain15
  8. #1,901Aden14
  9. #1,901Alvan14
  10. #1,901Anson14

Tied with 82 names at #1,818; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1937
Risers
  1. 1,314Dion#2,197#883
  2. 448Tex#1,212#764
  3. 425Lonny#1,233#808
  4. 401Gonzalo#1,180#779
  5. 383Lance#722#339
Fallers
  1. 741Worth#1,000#1,741
  2. 528Estel#869#1,397
  3. 492Milburn#845#1,337
  4. 412Lonzo#835#1,247
  5. 405Joy#932#1,337

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

See the top 100 for 1938