girls:
831 births since 1884
#4885 (15th percentile)
boys:
3.5k births since 1885
#2118 (54th percentile)
overall:
4.3k births since 1884
#4174 (46th percentile)
The name Arley is the #4,174 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,314 recorded births since 1884. This represents the 46.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 46.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,118 (53.8% percentile) for all time with 3,483 births since 1885. For girls, it ranks #4,885 (14.5% percentile) for all time with 831 births since 1884.
Arley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1884 (1884 for girls and 1885 for boys). Birth data for Arley is available in 136 out of the 140 years between 1884 and 2023 (135 years for boys and 60 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 Arley has been given predominantly to boys, with 80.7% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 72.2% of babies named Arley were boys. Interestingly, until around 1885, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1884 to 1884), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (80.8% boys from 1885 to 2023).
For boys, Arley reached its peak popularity in 1922, achieving the 10.6% percentile (ranked #488) with 56 births per million. The name was most common in 1897, with 82 births per million (ranked 2.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Arley ranks #833 for boys (8.6% percentile) with 45 births per million, which is 55.3% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Arley reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 3.3% percentile (ranked #905) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 1884, with 44 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2006, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Arley ranks #920 for girls (2.9% percentile) with 18 births per million, which is 42.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Arley".
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