boys:
459 births since 1880
#4127 (10th percentile)
overall:
459 births since 1880
#7280 (6th percentile)
The name Orley is the #7,280 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 459 recorded births since 1880. This represents the 5.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,127 (10.0% percentile) for all time with 459 births since 1880.
Orley has appeared in U.S. birth records since the beginning of our dataset in 1880 Birth data for Orley is available in 46 out of the 84 years between 1880 and 1963. 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, Orley reached its peak popularity in 1918, achieving the 3.8% percentile (ranked #511) with 24 births per million. The name was most common in 1883, with 71 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1963.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Orley".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Orley. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Orley is pronounced as OR-lee, which has 2 syllables.
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