Recorded 1884–2025 · United States
Arley was most popular in 2025, when 126 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,018 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,018, with 126 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 4,546 people named Arley.
Arley first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1884, which makes it about 141 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 138 of the 142 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 4,546 American births named Arley between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,780 are estimated to be alive today.
126 American babies were named Arley in 2025, ranking #3,018 that year.
Arley is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 108 births a year, against 89 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +21% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Arley is mostly a boy’s name — 19.8% of the 4,546 Americans given it were girls and 80.2% were boys. It changed hands: since 2008 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 32% girls and 68% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 2,780 Americans named Arley are alive today — 61% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 15 years old, and half are between 7 and 41. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org