Girls' name · since 1996
Menley
Since 1996, U.S. Social Security records show 13 babies named Menley, peaking in 1998. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 13
- total births
- 1996–1998
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
Menley sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 13 recorded since 1996.
Menley has 13 recorded births among girls since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 1998.
- 13 total births
- 1996–1998 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 100% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Menley's 13 recorded births place it above 29% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Menley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Menley's full recorded timeline at 1998, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1998 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Menley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1998
- Peak year (1998)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
Menley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Menley's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Menley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 13 births (100% of all-time use).
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1996–1998 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Menley: Baby Name Since 1996 - 13 Births, Peak 1998." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/menley. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Menley draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.