Parley — #8954 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Parley

The Social Security Administration has registered 673 babies named Parley between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Parley currently holds the #8954 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Parley performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 126 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Parley shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 171 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Idaho. In total, SSA state-level files list Parley in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Parley 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 673 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.