girls:
42 births since 1925
#5674 (1st percentile)
boys:
518 births since 1909
#4068 (11th percentile)
overall:
560 births since 1909
#7179 (7th percentile)
The name Morley is the #7,179 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 560 recorded births since 1909. This represents the 7.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,068 (11.2% percentile) for all time with 518 births since 1909. For girls, it ranks #5,674 (0.7% percentile) for all time with 42 births since 1925.
Morley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1909 (1909 for boys and 1925 for girls). Birth data for Morley is available in 53 out of the 114 years between 1909 and 2022 (47 years for boys and 7 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 Morley has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 92.5% of all recorded births being male. In 2022, 0.0% of babies named Morley were boys. Interestingly, until around 2010, the name was more popular for boys (98.7% boys from 1909 to 2009), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 2010 to 2022).
For boys, Morley reached its peak popularity in 1918, achieving the 2.6% percentile (ranked #517) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 1909, with 28 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2008.
For girls, Morley reached its peak popularity in 1925, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #612) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1925, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Morley".
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