Morley — boys' name

What the Data Says About Morley

The Social Security Administration has registered 518 babies named Morley between 1909 and 2008, spanning 100 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Morley currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 19 babies received it in a single year. Morley is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 48 additional births since 1925.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Morley performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 159 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Morley shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Morley in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Morley 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 518 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.