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Conley

#2,521 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Form of Conleth

Conley has been given to 4,661 babies in the U.S. since 1882. In 2025 it ranked #2,521 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2011, with 77 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 87% boys, 13% girls all-time.

Babies named Conley, 2025

1 in 62,600

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Conley went to 46% girls and 54% boys.

18822025

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.

Conley: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Conleth

Irish

What Conley means

Conley is a form of Conleth.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Anglicization of Irish Ó Conghalaigh and Ó Conghaile, patronyms of Conghalach. Doublet of Connolly

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Conley (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Conley is used in English. Its origins include Irish.

Conley comes through Irish Ó Conghalaigh.

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

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Conleth and Ó Conghalaigh.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Conley is pronounced /ˈkɒnli/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,061 boys were recorded with the name Conley between 1882 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 77 in 2011; its best national rank was #709 in 1905.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,556 in 2020 to #2,521 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,934 in 2015 to #2,521 in 2025.

In the United States, 600 girls were recorded with the name Conley between 1963 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 53 in 2022; its best national rank was #3,083 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #3,941 in 2020 to #3,350 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #6,783 in 2015 to #3,350 in 2025.

How common is Conley?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 62,600
53 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 32,200
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,521
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
43,358 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Conley 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 43,358 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Conley. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Conleys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Conley was born before 1963 — so the typical Conley is around 62 today.

Median birth year
1963
About 62 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
16.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
32.4%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
2,407
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2010s — 16.7% of all recorded uses (680).

Is Conley 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
−203
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+35
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−587
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.71×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
68.8%
Peak was 2011 (77)
Years since peak
14
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
15.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#709
1905

Spellings of Conley

Conley is not the most common spelling — Corey is, with 36.6% against Conley's 0.80%.

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 Conley is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Conley was most concentrated in Tennessee — about 1 in 10,000 boys, against 1 in 28,565 across all states with data. It was least common in Florida (1 in 100,000).

110 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Tennessee1 in 10,000
  2. 2North Carolina1 in 16,667
  3. 3Utah1 in 16,667
  4. 4Arkansas1 in 25,000
  5. 5Ohio1 in 33,333
  6. 6Texas1 in 33,333
  7. 7Missouri1 in 50,000
  8. 8Florida1 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.

Where Conley is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Conley was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 204,954 across all states with data. It was least common in Georgia (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in 100,000
  2. 2Georgia1 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. Conley has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Conley around the world

Where Conley 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
    2005–2023
    #4,992
    in 2023
  • Scotland
    2012–2014
    #587
    in 2014
  • Canada
    2013–2015
    #2,735
    in 2015

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.

Conley by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,521
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 35
Best rank ever
#709
1905
Peak year
2011
77 that year
First recorded
1882
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,061
Count in 2025
53

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#3,350
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 591
Best rank ever
#3,083
2022
Peak year
2022
53 that year
First recorded
1963
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
600
Count in 2025
46

Names similar to Conley

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

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Names with a curve like Conley

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

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Sibling names for Conley

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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