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Arley

#1,755 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Arley has been given to 4,546 babies in the U.S. since 1885. In 2025 it ranked #1,755 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 92 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 80% boys, 20% girls all-time.

Babies named Arley, 2025

1 in 36,000

Arley over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Arley over time

In 2025, Arley went to 27% girls and 73% boys.

18842025

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.

Arley: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Arley means

Arley is a given name.

The naming story behind Arley

Wikidata records Arley as a unisex given name. The entity identifier is Q12915109, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,648 boys were recorded with the name Arley between 1885 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 92 in 2025; its best national rank was #646 in 1885.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,070 in 2020 to #1,755 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,213 in 2015 to #1,755 in 2025.

In the United States, 898 girls were recorded with the name Arley between 1884 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 36 in 2021; its best national rank was #935 in 1884.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,090 in 2020 to #4,182 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #4,417 in 2015 to #4,182 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.

How common is Arley?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 36,000
92 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 18,600
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,755
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
24,978 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Arley sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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 100Under 1%
School of 5001%

Put another way: gather 24,978 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Arley. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Arleys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Arley was born before 1955 — so the typical Arley is around 70 today.

Median birth year
1955
About 70 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
16.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
32.1%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,941
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 16.5% of all recorded uses (603).

Is Arley 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
+303
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+315
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+458
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.51×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (92)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
30.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#646
1885

Spellings of Arley

Arley is not the most common spelling — Alex is, with 22.6% against Arley's 0.29%.

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 Arley is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Arley was most concentrated in West Virginia — about 1 in 12,500 boys, against 1 in 89,227 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

08 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1West Virginia1 in 12,500
  2. 2Arizona1 in 33,333
  3. 3California1 in 33,333
  4. 4Oklahoma1 in 33,333
  5. 5Arkansas1 in 100,000
  6. 6Kentucky1 in 100,000
  7. 7Missouri1 in 100,000
  8. 8Texas1 in 100,000

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. Arley has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Arley is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Arley was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,286,077 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 in —

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. Arley has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Arley around the world

Where Arley 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
    2001–2025
    #462
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2023–2025
    #560
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2019–2020
    #2,570
    in 2020
  • South Australia
    2003–2013
    #389
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Arley

People whose public names include Arley, 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.

Arley in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Arley. Linked forms have their own page here.

ArliArlyArlieEarleyArle

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Arley by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,755
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 315
Best rank ever
#646
1885
Peak year
2025
92 that year
First recorded
1885
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,648
Count in 2025
92

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#4,182
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 92
Best rank ever
#935
1884
Peak year
2021
36 that year
First recorded
1884
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
898
Count in 2025
34

Names similar to Arley

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

ArlanArlinArlynArlieArlisArlenArlonRyleyArlandColeyConleyHuxleyArlowArlissMarleyKelleyHadleyArloRadleyHenleyWileyRidleyAdleyAtley

Names with a curve like Arley

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

DempseyLevyConleyFerrisFultonJenningsHanselMerrittLeopoldCliveSylvanHampton

Sibling names for Arley

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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