Staley
- #11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births
- Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
- Given to boys 62.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1942 · 10 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 256since 1913
Staley over time
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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 | #11,932 | 7 | — | |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 | — | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | — | |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | — | |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | #8,875 | 12 | #9,664 | 7 |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | — | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | — | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | — | |
| 2012 | — | #12,274 | 5 | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | — | #9,871 | 7 | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | — | |
| 2003 | — | #9,581 | 6 | |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | — | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | — | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | — | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | #8,868 | 5 | |
| 1994 | — | — | ||
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| 1986 | — | #6,721 | 5 | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | — | |
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| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | — | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | #5,772 | 5 | |
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| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | — | |
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | — | |
| 1968 | — | #4,136 | 5 | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | #4,039 | 5 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,044 | 8 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,041 | 8 | |
| 1961 | — | #4,065 | 5 | |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
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| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | #3,257 | 7 | |
| 1956 | — | #3,535 | 6 | |
| 1955 | — | #3,886 | 5 | |
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | #3,143 | 7 | |
| 1952 | — | — | ||
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| 1945 | — | #2,393 | 9 | |
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | #2,386 | 10 | |
| 1941 | — | #3,133 | 6 | |
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | #3,518 | 5 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,854 | 7 | |
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | #3,679 | 5 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,268 | 6 | |
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | #2,864 | 8 | |
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | #2,766 | 9 | |
| 1928 | — | #4,151 | 5 | |
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| 1923 | — | #3,175 | 8 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,252 | 8 | |
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| 1918 | — | #4,179 | 5 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,981 | 5 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,926 | 8 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,082 | 7 | |
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | #2,821 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1913
The first year at least five boys were named Staley! It came in at #2,821, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1913–1914, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Staley is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Staley in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Staley
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
Rise & fade · boys
29 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 1942 at #2,386 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1943, 1 yr 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 102,513
- Highest: 1 in 102,513 boys born in 1913 were named Staley (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 342,115 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,386 in 1942, was only 1 in 138,116 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1930s
- 12.1% of all boys named Staley (31) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2013
- Mostly boys until 2012, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 30 | #2,821 (1913) | #3,398 |
| 1920s | 30 | #2,766 (1929) | #3,336 |
| 1930s | 31 | #2,854 (1936) | #3,237 |
| 1940s | 25 | #2,386 (1942) | #2,637 |
| 1950s | 25 | #3,143 (1953) | #3,455 |
| 1960s | 31 | #3,041 (1962) | #3,665 |
| 1970s | 5 | #5,772 (1978) | #5,772 |
| 1980s | 5 | #6,721 (1986) | #6,721 |
| 1990s | 5 | #8,868 (1995) | #8,868 |
| 2000s | 31 | #8,732 (2006) | #10,429 |
| 2010s | 23 | #9,664 (2016) | #11,217 |
| 2020s | 15 | #12,022 (2020) | #12,197 |
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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