girls:
175 births since 2003
#5541 (3rd percentile)
boys:
108 births since 1900
#4478 (2nd percentile)
overall:
283 births since 1900
#7456 (4th percentile)
The name Iley is the #7,456 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 283 recorded births since 1900. This represents the 3.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,541 (3.0% percentile) for all time with 175 births since 2003. For boys, it ranks #4,478 (2.3% percentile) for all time with 108 births since 1900.
Iley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1900 (1900 for boys and 2003 for girls). Birth data for Iley is available in 34 out of the 124 years between 1900 and 2023. 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 Iley has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (61.8% of all recorded births). In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Iley were girls. Interestingly, until around 2003, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1900 to 2002), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 2003 to 2023).
For girls, Iley reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #947) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Iley ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 38.4% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Iley reached its peak popularity in 1921, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #545) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1900, with 37 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1957.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Iley".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Iley is pronounced as AI-lee, which has 2 syllables.
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