Worley — boys' name

What the Data Says About Worley

The Social Security Administration has registered 730 babies named Worley between 1882 and 1971, spanning 90 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Worley currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1971. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 32 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Worley performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 181 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Worley shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Virginia, which accounts for 67 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee and Kentucky. In total, SSA state-level files list Worley in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Worley 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 730 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.