Staley — boys' name

What the Data Says About Staley

The Social Security Administration has registered 256 babies named Staley between 1913 and 2023, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Staley currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1942, when 10 babies received it in a single year. Staley is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 150 additional births since 1969.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Staley performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 31 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Staley shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Staley 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 256 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.