girls:
5.4k births since 1921
#2287 (60th percentile)
boys:
531 births since 1918
#4055 (12th percentile)
overall:
5.9k births since 1918
#3527 (54th percentile)
The name Adley is the #3,527 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,914 recorded births since 1918. This represents the 54.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 54.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,287 (60.0% percentile) for all time with 5,383 births since 1921. For boys, it ranks #4,055 (11.5% percentile) for all time with 531 births since 1918.
Adley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1918 (1918 for boys and 1921 for girls). Birth data for Adley is available in 43 out of the 106 years between 1918 and 2023 (43 years for boys and 24 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Adley has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 91.0% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 85.7% of babies named Adley were girls. Interestingly, until around 2003, the name was more popular for boys (83.6% boys from 1918 to 2002), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (93.0% girls from 2003 to 2023).
For girls, Adley reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 53.3% percentile (ranked #438) with 340 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 340 births per million (ranked 53.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Adley ranks #606 for girls (36.0% percentile) with 210 births per million, which is 61.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Adley reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 6.2% percentile (ranked #855) with 33 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 33 births per million (ranked 6.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Adley is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #855 (6.2% percentile) with 33 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Adley".
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