Fairley

Peak · boys
1944 · 16 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
122
since 1926

Fairley over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Fairley has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,738, 1944boys
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First appearance
1926

The first year at least five boys were named Fairley! It came in at #4,201, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1926–1928, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Fairley is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Fairley in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Fairley
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1965
Rise & fade · boys
18 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1926
  • Peaked 1944 at #1,738 (16 births)
  • Births halved by 1947, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 85,180
  • Highest: 1 in 85,180 boys born in 1944 were named Fairley (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 372,029 boys born in 1965 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1940s
  • 78.7% of all boys named Fairley (96) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s11#3,559 (1929)#3,880
1930s10#3,534 (1938)#3,588
1940s96#1,738 (1944)#2,411
1950s0——
1960s5#3,930 (1965)#3,930

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.

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