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Adley

#805 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Possibly heath + woodland clearing, through Hadley

Adley has been given to 6,823 babies in the U.S. since 1921. In 2025 it ranked #805 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 611 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 90% girls, 10% boys all-time.

Babies named Adley, 2025

1 in 9,780

Adley over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020040060080018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Adley over time

In 2025, Adley went to 87% girls and 13% boys.

19182025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Adley: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly heath + woodland clearing, through Hadley

surname transfer

What Adley means

Adley belongs to the name family reached through Adley → Hadley. Its meaning is “heath + woodland clearing”.

Origin, language, and formation

Adley is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Adley is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Hadley.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6,160 girls were recorded with the name Adley between 1921 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 611 in 2021; its best national rank was #509 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #539 in 2020 to #805 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #832 in 2015 to #805 in 2025.

In the United States, 663 boys were recorded with the name Adley between 1918 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 81 in 2024; its best national rank was #1,939 in 2024.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #4,139 in 2020 to #2,572 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #7,494 in 2015 to #2,572 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Adley?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 9,780
339 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 4,740
0.02% of girls
Rank, 2025
#805
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
6,780 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Adley sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 1001%
School of 5005%

Put another way: gather 6,780 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Adley. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Adleys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Adley was born before 2019 — so the typical Adley is around 6 today.

Median birth year
2019
About 6 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
51.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
99.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
6,155
People you could plausibly meet
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2010s — 51.2% of all recorded uses (3,155).

Is Adley rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−137
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−266
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+27
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.01×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
55.5%
Peak was 2021 (611)
Years since peak
4
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
50.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#509
2021

Spellings of Adley

Adley is not the most common spelling — Ashley is, with 38.7% against Adley's 0.28%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Adley is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Adley was most concentrated in South Dakota — about 1 in 787 girls, against 1 in 3,058 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in 33,333).

3127 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1South Dakota1 in 787
  2. 2North Dakota1 in 855
  3. 3West Virginia1 in 901
  4. 4Kentucky1 in 1,099
  5. 5Nebraska1 in 1,124
  6. 6Oklahoma1 in 1,220
  7. 7Montana1 in 1,282
  8. 8Louisiana1 in 1,299

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Geographically, Adley is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 68% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Adley is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Adley was most concentrated in Maryland — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 403,348 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Maryland1 in 50,000
  2. 2Oregon1 in 100,000
  3. 3Florida1 in —
  4. 4Louisiana1 in —
  5. 5Pennsylvania1 in —
  6. 6Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Adley has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Adley around the world

Where Adley ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2016–2025
    #2,006
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2018–2025
    #632
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2012–2024
    #1,109
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland and Statistics Canada. ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Adley

People whose public names include Adley, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Adley by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#805
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 266
Best rank ever
#509
2021
Peak year
2021
611 that year
First recorded
1921
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
6,160
Count in 2025
339

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,572
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,567
Best rank ever
#1,939
2024
Peak year
2024
81 that year
First recorded
1918
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
663
Count in 2025
51

Names similar to Adley

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

AdleeRyleyKaleyBrileyKeeleyHenleyTenleyCaleyKenleyMileyKarleyHolleyKayleyKileyHalleyCaileyEnsleyTinleyKyleyWesleyBexleyAnsleyAdlerBerkley

Names with a curve like Adley

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Adley, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

KhaleesiZayleeAriyaLennoxEmerieMonroeKinsleeElliottNovaleeNalaEmberlyZendaya

Sibling names for Adley

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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