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
Showing
- 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
girlsboys
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1885
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 1944
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- Oklahoma#348 · 1 in 4,311
Best ever in a state: #210 in West Virginia, 1921.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #348 | 5 | 1 in 4,311 |
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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.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 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)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1885 at #641 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1888, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 33 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 1892–1897
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,276
- 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
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 16.5% of all boys named Arley (603) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2008
- 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 1944
boys
#1,085
37 births · 1 in 36,834 boys
Top boys' names in 1944
More about 1944
boys
1,362,875 boys got a published name in 1944; 1 in 36,834 of them was named Arley, which outranked 72.2% of the 3,909 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Arley
- #1,070Richmond38
- #1,070Rosario38
- #1,070Virginia38
- #1,085Arley37
- #1,085Arlis37
- #1,085Arlyn37
- #1,085Author37
- #1,107Arvil36
- #1,107Authur36
- #1,107Bernice36
Tied with 21 names at #1,085; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Biggest movers since 1943
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.