Foley — boys' name

What the Data Says About Foley

The Social Security Administration has registered 32 babies named Foley between 1918 and 1955, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Foley currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1955. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Foley performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Foley shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Foley in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 32 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.