Conley
Conley is given to both girls and boys: 46 girls and 53 boys were given it in 2025 (#3,350 among girls’ names and #2,521 among boys’, #3,557 among all names counting both); 4,661 Americans have been recorded with it since 1882 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,050 Americans named Conley and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (65% of everyone recorded); the median is 17 years old and half are between 9 and 48.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Conley by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Conley mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Conley is “a male given name from Irish, transferred from the surname.”
Anglicization of Irish Ó Conghalaigh and Ó Conghaile, patronyms of Conghalach. Doublet of Connolly
/ˈkɒnli/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Conley?
#2,521 among boys’ names, 2025
Conley fell from #1,934 in 2015 to #2,521 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 39.1 to 31.0 per million.
115 babies in 2022, the peak
Conley peaked in 2022, when 115 babies were given it (62 boys, #2,300 among boys’ names). The 99 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 86% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46 | #3,350 | 53 | #2,521 |
| 2024 | 42 | #3,656 | 61 | #2,318 |
| 2023 | 34 | #4,209 | 69 | #2,112 |
| 2022 | 53 | #3,083 | 62 | #2,300 |
| 2021 | 38 | #3,895 | 55 | #2,443 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,941 | 50 | #2,556 |
| 2019 | 41 | #3,679 | 59 | #2,316 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,854 | 53 | #2,449 |
| 2017 | 32 | #4,411 | 71 | #2,005 |
| 2016 | 27 | #5,029 | 76 | #1,927 |
Every recorded year (130)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 18 | #6,783 | 75 | #1,934 |
| 2014 | 17 | #7,062 | 71 | #2,004 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,524 | 58 | #2,230 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,303 | 72 | #1,964 |
| 2011 | 21 | #6,192 | 77 | #1,835 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,357 | 68 | #2,015 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,519 | 46 | #2,668 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,802 | 40 | #2,956 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,625 | 38 | #3,034 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,669 | 26 | #3,802 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,592 | 25 | #3,730 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,880 | 22 | #4,032 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,691 | 33 | #2,934 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,410 | 31 | #2,953 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,869 | 23 | #3,630 |
| 2000 | under 5 | 28 | #3,083 | |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,901 | 31 | #2,732 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,312 | 21 | #3,505 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,490 | 24 | #3,080 |
| 1996 | under 5 | 18 | #3,699 | |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,213 | 26 | #2,773 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,975 | 22 | #3,121 |
| 1993 | under 5 | 20 | #3,260 | |
| 1992 | under 5 | 19 | #3,352 | |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,600 | 18 | #3,343 |
| 1990 | under 5 | 15 | #3,802 | |
| 1989 | under 5 | 14 | #3,834 | |
| 1988 | under 5 | 16 | #3,233 | |
| 1987 | under 5 | 12 | #3,764 | |
| 1986 | under 5 | 21 | #2,527 | |
| 1985 | under 5 | 9 | #4,385 | |
| 1984 | under 5 | 13 | #3,298 | |
| 1983 | under 5 | 17 | #2,690 | |
| 1982 | under 5 | 20 | #2,442 | |
| 1981 | under 5 | 17 | #2,692 | |
| 1980 | under 5 | 10 | #3,896 | |
| 1979 | under 5 | 13 | #3,204 | |
| 1978 | under 5 | 12 | #3,247 | |
| 1977 | under 5 | 8 | #4,233 | |
| 1976 | under 5 | 22 | #2,124 | |
| 1975 | under 5 | 16 | #2,550 | |
| 1974 | under 5 | 12 | #2,979 | |
| 1973 | under 5 | 27 | #1,702 | |
| 1972 | under 5 | 21 | #1,980 | |
| 1971 | under 5 | 16 | #2,382 | |
| 1970 | under 5 | 22 | #1,897 | |
| 1969 | under 5 | 19 | #1,919 | |
| 1968 | under 5 | 30 | #1,433 | |
| 1967 | under 5 | 23 | #1,612 | |
| 1966 | under 5 | 17 | #1,901 | |
| 1965 | under 5 | 23 | #1,632 | |
| 1964 | under 5 | 17 | #1,982 | |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,772 | 33 | #1,356 |
| 1962 | under 5 | 20 | #1,813 | |
| 1961 | under 5 | 17 | #2,007 | |
| 1960 | under 5 | 20 | #1,820 | |
| 1959 | under 5 | 22 | #1,726 | |
| 1958 | under 5 | 32 | #1,375 | |
| 1957 | under 5 | 28 | #1,492 | |
| 1956 | under 5 | 23 | #1,648 | |
| 1955 | under 5 | 31 | #1,374 | |
| 1954 | under 5 | 36 | #1,244 | |
| 1953 | under 5 | 38 | #1,215 | |
| 1952 | under 5 | 29 | #1,410 | |
| 1951 | under 5 | 39 | #1,155 | |
| 1950 | under 5 | 36 | #1,206 | |
| 1949 | under 5 | 51 | #971 | |
| 1948 | under 5 | 51 | #975 | |
| 1947 | under 5 | 39 | #1,162 | |
| 1946 | under 5 | 53 | #915 | |
| 1945 | under 5 | 37 | #1,060 | |
| 1944 | under 5 | 53 | #871 | |
| 1943 | under 5 | 41 | #1,061 | |
| 1942 | under 5 | 41 | #1,061 | |
| 1941 | under 5 | 37 | #1,068 | |
| 1940 | under 5 | 33 | #1,163 | |
| 1939 | under 5 | 51 | #859 | |
| 1938 | under 5 | 37 | #1,066 | |
| 1937 | under 5 | 28 | #1,269 | |
| 1936 | under 5 | 34 | #1,121 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 35 | #1,103 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 50 | #890 | |
| 1933 | under 5 | 43 | #962 | |
| 1932 | under 5 | 45 | #982 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 42 | #1,035 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 47 | #993 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 48 | #976 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 38 | #1,148 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 47 | #1,022 | |
| 1926 | under 5 | 42 | #1,098 | |
| 1925 | under 5 | 44 | #1,045 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 55 | #946 | |
| 1923 | under 5 | 38 | #1,159 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 42 | #1,087 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 39 | #1,146 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 36 | #1,211 | |
| 1919 | under 5 | 36 | #1,168 | |
| 1918 | under 5 | 39 | #1,098 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 38 | #1,081 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 45 | #955 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 44 | #941 | |
| 1914 | under 5 | 29 | #1,059 | |
| 1913 | under 5 | 18 | #1,218 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 15 | #1,233 | |
| 1911 | under 5 | 9 | #1,207 | |
| 1910 | under 5 | 12 | #940 | |
| 1908 | under 5 | 5 | #1,424 | |
| 1907 | under 5 | 7 | #1,118 | |
| 1906 | under 5 | 7 | #1,029 | |
| 1905 | under 5 | 12 | #709 | |
| 1904 | under 5 | 5 | #1,244 | |
| 1903 | under 5 | 5 | #1,154 | |
| 1902 | under 5 | 6 | #1,035 | |
| 1900 | under 5 | 11 | #795 | |
| 1895 | under 5 | 5 | #1,114 | |
| 1894 | under 5 | 6 | #976 | |
| 1892 | under 5 | 7 | #873 | |
| 1886 | under 5 | 6 | #863 | |
| 1885 | under 5 | 5 | #967 | |
| 1882 | under 5 | 5 | #965 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Conley a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 4,661 Americans recorded as Conley, 13% are girls and 87% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Conley: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Conley, and how old are they?
3,050 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 65% of the 4,661 Americans ever recorded as Conley. The median Conley alive today is 17 years old; half are between 9 and 48.
The 2020 Census counted 2,551 people named Conley (406 women and girls, 2,145 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,674 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 141 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 393 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 255 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 287 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 749 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,220 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Conley born?
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 6 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Tennessee | 5 | #1,063 | 2.5× |
Where Conley is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Conley is most over-represented in Kentucky: since 1910 it was given 2.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Conley with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 4,889 babies since 1880, Conley is the most given (95% of them). In 2025 it was given to 99 of their 120 babies (83%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Conley
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Conley and names like it
- Compare Conley and ConleeBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sConley peaked in 2022.
- Tennessee’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Conley since 1910.
- Irish namesWiktionary’s origin for Conley: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2022The year the most babies were named Conley.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Conley alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with CMost given first.