boys:
149 births since 1915
#4437 (3rd percentile)
overall:
149 births since 1915
#7590 (2nd percentile)
The name Herley is the #7,590 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 149 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 1.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,437 (3.2% percentile) for all time with 149 births since 1915.
Herley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (first recorded for boys in 1915). Birth data for Herley is available in 22 out of the 42 years between 1915 and 1956. 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.
For boys, Herley reached its peak popularity in 1937, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #519) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1937, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1956.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Herley".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Herley. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Herley is pronounced as HER-lee, which has 2 syllables.
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