Orley — boys' name

What the Data Says About Orley

The Social Security Administration has registered 459 babies named Orley between 1880 and 1963, spanning 84 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Orley currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1963. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Orley performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 142 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Orley shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kansas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Orley in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Orley 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 459 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.