Worley
Last seen for boys in 1971 at #4,375
- Peak · boys
- 1885 · 10 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 730since 1882
Worley over time
Rank among boys' names. Worley has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1971 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #2,546 | 11 |
| 1963 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | #3,041 | 8 |
| 1961 | — | |
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| 1959 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #2,818 | 9 |
| 1957 | #2,822 | 9 |
| 1956 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,942 | 8 |
| 1953 | #3,425 | 6 |
| 1952 | #2,514 | 10 |
| 1951 | #3,066 | 7 |
| 1950 | #2,438 | 10 |
| 1949 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | #2,218 | 12 |
| 1947 | #2,671 | 9 |
| 1946 | #2,403 | 10 |
| 1945 | #1,926 | 13 |
| 1944 | #2,467 | 9 |
| 1943 | #2,074 | 13 |
| 1942 | #2,268 | 11 |
| 1941 | #1,903 | 14 |
| 1940 | #2,179 | 11 |
| 1939 | #1,958 | 13 |
| 1938 | #1,818 | 15 |
| 1937 | #1,481 | 21 |
| 1936 | #1,639 | 17 |
| 1935 | #1,837 | 15 |
| 1934 | #1,386 | 24 |
| 1933 | #1,997 | 13 |
| 1932 | #1,995 | 14 |
| 1931 | #1,843 | 16 |
| 1930 | #2,444 | 11 |
| 1929 | #2,096 | 14 |
| 1928 | #1,522 | 24 |
| 1927 | #1,959 | 17 |
| 1926 | #2,725 | 10 |
| 1925 | #1,935 | 17 |
| 1924 | #1,577 | 24 |
| 1923 | #2,331 | 13 |
| 1922 | #1,883 | 18 |
| 1921 | #2,502 | 12 |
| 1920 | #1,273 | 32 |
| 1919 | #1,695 | 20 |
| 1918 | #2,073 | 15 |
| 1917 | #1,755 | 18 |
| 1916 | #1,646 | 19 |
| 1915 | #1,878 | 15 |
| 1914 | #2,101 | 10 |
| 1913 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | #1,885 | 8 |
| 1911 | — | |
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| 1907 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | — | |
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| 1904 | #1,205 | 5 |
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| 1897 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | #1,101 | 5 |
| 1895 | #978 | 6 |
| 1894 | — | |
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| 1892 | #1,066 | 5 |
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| 1885 | #604 | 10 |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #943 | 5 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Worley! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1884, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Worley is popular in 1931
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Virginia#379 · 1 in 4,219
Best ever in a state: #272 in Virginia, 1928.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Virginia | #379 | 5 | 1 in 4,219 |
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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 Worley
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1971
- Biggest drop: 123 spots in 1896 (#978 → #1,101)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1885 at #604 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · 1882–1895
- Highest: 1 in 10,780 boys born in 1885 were named Worley (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 294,741 boys born in 1971 (0.00%)
- 24.8% of all boys named Worley (181) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 15 | #604 (1885) | #774 |
| 1890s | 21 | #978 (1895) | #1,051 |
| 1900s | 10 | #1,205 (1904) | #1,275 |
| 1910s | 111 | #1,646 (1916) | #1,941 |
| 1920s | 181 | #1,273 (1920) | #1,980 |
| 1930s | 159 | #1,386 (1934) | #1,840 |
| 1940s | 111 | #1,903 (1941) | #2,272 |
| 1950s | 71 | #2,438 (1950) | #3,025 |
| 1960s | 40 | #2,546 (1964) | #3,584 |
| 1970s | 11 | #4,375 (1971) | #4,550 |
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.
Worley in 1931
Top boys' names in 1931
More about 1931
boys
1,039,665 boys got a published name in 1931; 1 in 64,979 of them was named Worley, which outranked 57.3% of the 4,321 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,770West17
- #1,770Williard17
- #1,770Young17
- #1,843Worley16
- #1,843Abelardo16
- #1,843Alcide16
- #1,843Aloys16
- #1,927Alwyn15
- #1,927Amedeo15
- #1,927Ancil15
Tied with 83 names at #1,843; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.