Motley — #4047 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Motley

The Social Security Administration has registered 133 babies named Motley between 2010 and 2024, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Motley currently holds the #4047 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 42 babies received it in a single year. Motley is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 83 additional births since 2019.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Motley performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 122 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Motley shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Motley in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Motley 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 133 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.