Adley
- #805 for girls in 2025, 339 births
- #2,572 for boys in 2025, 51 births
- Given to girls 90.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2021 · 611 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,160since 1921
Adley over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #805 | 339 | #2,572 | 51 |
| 2024 | #668 | 433 | #1,938 | 81 |
| 2023 | #759 | 370 | #2,290 | 61 |
| 2022 | #648 | 455 | #4,089 | 26 |
| 2021 | #509 | 611 | #4,936 | 19 |
| 2020 | #539 | 558 | #4,141 | 24 |
| 2019 | #668 | 434 | #3,716 | 29 |
| 2018 | #624 | 481 | #4,918 | 19 |
| 2017 | #602 | 501 | #4,466 | 22 |
| 2016 | #619 | 482 | #5,318 | 17 |
| 2015 | #832 | 337 | #7,491 | 10 |
| 2014 | #1,333 | 177 | #5,066 | 18 |
| 2013 | #1,105 | 220 | #4,621 | 20 |
| 2012 | #733 | 378 | #4,686 | 20 |
| 2011 | #2,664 | 66 | #6,578 | 12 |
| 2010 | #2,386 | 79 | #4,678 | 20 |
| 2009 | #2,940 | 59 | #5,102 | 18 |
| 2008 | #3,859 | 41 | #5,767 | 15 |
| 2007 | #3,721 | 43 | #5,434 | 16 |
| 2006 | #5,233 | 26 | #5,781 | 14 |
| 2005 | #6,528 | 18 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #7,828 | 14 | #6,976 | 10 |
| 2003 | #7,998 | 13 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | #7,816 | 13 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | — | #10,349 | 5 | |
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| 1998 | — | #7,560 | 7 | |
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| 1994 | — | #5,868 | 9 | |
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| 1989 | — | #6,941 | 6 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,786 | 9 | |
| 1987 | — | #6,089 | 6 | |
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| 1985 | — | #6,523 | 5 | |
| 1984 | — | #6,315 | 5 | |
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| 1982 | — | #6,385 | 5 | |
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| 1964 | — | #4,039 | 5 | |
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| 1962 | — | #4,033 | 5 | |
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| 1953 | — | #3,798 | 5 | |
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| 1947 | — | #3,733 | 5 | |
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| 1938 | — | #3,534 | 5 | |
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| 1931 | — | #3,763 | 5 | |
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| 1926 | — | #4,201 | 5 | |
| 1925 | — | #3,741 | 6 | |
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| 1922 | — | #3,872 | 6 | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #3,869 | 6 |
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| 1918 | — | #4,179 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1921
The first year at least five girls were named Adley! It came in at #5,099, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1921–2000, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Adley is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- West Virginia#230 · 1 in 725
- Kansas#324 · 1 in 1,181
- Louisiana#342 · 1 in 1,259
- Maryland#354 · 1 in 1,332
- Mississippi#384 · 1 in 1,271
Best ever in a state: #82 in North Dakota, 2013.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #230 | 7 | 1 in 725 |
| Kansas | #324 | 10 | 1 in 1,181 |
| Louisiana | #342 | 13 | 1 in 1,259 |
| Maryland | #354 | 15 | 1 in 1,332 |
| Mississippi | #384 | 7 | 1 in 1,271 |
| Wisconsin | #391 | 13 | 1 in 1,558 |
| Nebraska | #396 | 5 | 1 in 1,419 |
| Kentucky | #405 | 10 | 1 in 1,725 |
| Oklahoma | #437 | 9 | 1 in 1,642 |
| Oregon | #483 | 7 | 1 in 1,865 |
| Pennsylvania | #515 | 20 | 1 in 2,334 |
| Tennessee | #532 | 14 | 1 in 2,291 |
| Minnesota | #540 | 9 | 1 in 2,387 |
| Arkansas | #555 | 5 | 1 in 2,119 |
| South Carolina | #560 | 8 | 1 in 2,286 |
| North Carolina | #634 | 16 | 1 in 2,905 |
| Indiana | #651 | 9 | 1 in 3,101 |
| Colorado | #703 | 7 | 1 in 3,332 |
| Ohio | #711 | 13 | 1 in 3,636 |
| Washington | #732 | 8 | 1 in 3,608 |
| Michigan | #735 | 10 | 1 in 3,573 |
| Virginia | #843 | 8 | 1 in 4,218 |
| Missouri | #926 | 5 | 1 in 4,860 |
| Arizona | #1,040 | 5 | 1 in 5,644 |
| Florida | #1,055 | 14 | 1 in 6,197 |
| Georgia | #1,075 | 8 | 1 in 5,651 |
| Illinois | #1,113 | 7 | 1 in 6,333 |
| New York | #1,235 | 11 | 1 in 7,121 |
| Texas | #1,314 | 19 | 1 in 8,450 |
| California | #1,409 | 16 | 1 in 10,108 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Adley
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 266 spots since 2020 (#539 → #805)
- 27 spots since 2015 (#832 → #805)
- Biggest jump: 1,931 spots in 2012
- Biggest drop: 372 spots in 2013
Rise & fade · girls
100 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1921
- Peaked 2021 at #509 (611 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 12 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 2015–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,686
- Highest: 1 in 2,686 girls born in 2021 were named Adley (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,741 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 51.2% of all girls named Adley (3,155) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2001
- Mostly boys until 2000, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #5,099 (1921) | #5,099 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 234 | #2,940 (2009) | #6,442 |
| 2010s | 3,155 | #602 (2017) | #1,157 |
| 2020s | 2,766 | #509 (2021) | #655 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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