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.
Where Arley is popular in 1917
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Missouri#319 · 1 in 3,057
- Oklahoma#366 · 1 in 3,325
- Texas#735 · 1 in 7,926
Best ever in a state: #210 in West Virginia, 1921.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri | #319 | 8 | 1 in 3,057 |
| Oklahoma | #366 | 5 | 1 in 3,325 |
| Texas | #735 | 5 | 1 in 7,926 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 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 1917
Top girls' names in 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
girls
1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 154,467 of them was named Arley, which outranked 30.1% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,344Winnona8
- #3,344Wretha8
- #3,344Zelta8
- #3,713Arley7
- #3,713Addine7
- #3,713Adene7
- #3,713Adina7
- #4,083Addis6
- #4,083Adelaine6
- #4,083Adena6
Tied with 369 names at #3,713; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 20,119 of them was named Arley, which outranked 79.4% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).