Parley

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Peak · boys
#640
1880 · 9 births
Debut · boys
1880
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
687
since 1880

Parley over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #640, 1880boys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#6,14314
2024—#8,9878
2023——
2022—#10,8636
2021#13,4646#8,8258
2020—#10,6056
2019—#12,1455
2018—#6,34513
2017—#6,68512
2016—#6,34913
2015—#8,7448
2014—#7,04811
2013—#7,02611
2012—#8,8648
2011—#9,6007
2010—#7,08711
2009—#7,69210
2008—#6,76312
2007—#9,7887
2006—#10,6626
2005—#9,1157
2004—#7,5369
2003—#9,5816
2002—#10,6675
2001—#6,44510
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1999—#6,04210
1998—#6,3149
1997—#9,2655
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1994—#6,3728
1993—#6,8167
1992—#7,4226
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1990—#7,1786
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1983—#5,4846
1982—#4,5938
1981—#6,2625
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1971—#4,9075
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1958—#3,5596
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1956—#3,9425
1955—#2,30212
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1951—#3,0667
1950—#3,3296
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1947—#2,49810
1946—#3,1736
1945—#3,3385
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1943—#2,40510
1942—#2,7128
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1940—#2,17911
1939—#3,1136
1938—#3,5345
1937—#3,1756
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1935—#2,5299
1934—#2,39310
1933—#3,2686
1932—#2,8498
1931—#2,00314
1930—#3,2897
1929—#2,7669
1928—#3,6976
1927—#3,7806
1926—#2,56611
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1924—#2,34713
1923—#2,61411
1922—#3,5327
1921—#3,5177
1920—#3,4897
1919—#1,62421
1918—#1,44625
1917—#1,69319
1916—#1,94915
1915—#2,45810
1914—#1,86812
1913—#1,44114
1912—#1,61910
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1882—#9435
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1880—#6409
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Parley was already there! It came in at #640, and was given to 9 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1881–1885, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Parley is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedCAUtah: #621 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,277 boysUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Parley, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Utah#621 · 1 in 3,277

Best ever in a state: #77 in Utah, 1913.

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Utah#62161 in 3,277
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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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See more about Parley
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 4,462 spots since 2020 (#10,605 → #6,143)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #640 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1880–1894
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,277
  • Highest: 1 in 12,277 boys born in 1880 were named Parley (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 122,005 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1910s
  • 18.3% of all boys named Parley (126) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s21#640 (1880)#780
1890s7#857 (1894)#857
1900s11#1,137 (1902)#1,177
1910s126#1,441 (1913)#1,762
1920s77#2,347 (1924)#3,145
1930s71#2,003 (1931)#2,906
1940s50#2,179 (1940)#2,718
1950s36#2,302 (1955)#3,240
1960s0——
1970s5#4,907 (1971)#4,907
1980s19#4,593 (1982)#5,446
1990s51#6,042 (1999)#7,058
2000s72#6,445 (2001)#8,694
2010s99#6,345 (2018)#7,989
2020s42#6,143 (2025)#9,085

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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