Worley
Worley was last recorded in 1971, when 6 babies were given it; 730 Americans have been recorded with it between 1882 and 1971 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Worley by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Worley?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #4,895, in 1971; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
32 babies in 1920, the peak
Worley peaked in 1920, when 32 boys were given it, #1,299 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 6 | #4,895 | 3.4 |
| 1970 | 5 | #5,421 | 2.7 |
| 1969 | 5 | #5,025 | 2.8 |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,938 | 3.4 |
| 1965 | 5 | #4,422 | 2.7 |
| 1964 | 11 | #2,661 | 5.5 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,613 | 2.5 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,300 | 3.9 |
| 1959 | 5 | #4,560 | 2.3 |
| 1958 | 9 | #3,026 | 4.2 |
Every recorded year (63)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 9 | #3,020 | 4.2 |
| 1956 | 7 | #3,529 | 3.3 |
| 1954 | 8 | #3,170 | 3.9 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,790 | 3.0 |
| 1952 | 10 | #2,674 | 5.1 |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,358 | 3.7 |
| 1950 | 10 | #2,576 | 5.6 |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,799 | 5.1 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,323 | 6.8 |
| 1947 | 9 | #2,858 | 4.9 |
| 1946 | 10 | #2,530 | 6.2 |
| 1945 | 13 | #2,006 | 9.7 |
| 1944 | 9 | #2,630 | 6.6 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,180 | 9.1 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,384 | 8.0 |
| 1941 | 14 | #1,994 | 11.4 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,319 | 9.5 |
| 1939 | 13 | #2,047 | 11.7 |
| 1938 | 15 | #1,898 | 13.5 |
| 1937 | 21 | #1,526 | 19.7 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,722 | 16.4 |
| 1935 | 15 | #1,927 | 14.4 |
| 1934 | 24 | #1,424 | 23.2 |
| 1933 | 13 | #2,091 | 13.1 |
| 1932 | 14 | #2,097 | 13.4 |
| 1931 | 16 | #1,925 | 15.4 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,605 | 10.0 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,196 | 13.0 |
| 1928 | 24 | #1,567 | 21.7 |
| 1927 | 17 | #2,030 | 15.1 |
| 1926 | 10 | #2,900 | 9.0 |
| 1925 | 17 | #2,008 | 15.2 |
| 1924 | 24 | #1,627 | 21.2 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,442 | 11.9 |
| 1922 | 18 | #1,950 | 16.5 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,627 | 10.9 |
| 1920 | 32 | #1,299 | 30.1 |
| 1919 | 20 | #1,749 | 20.4 |
| 1918 | 15 | #2,161 | 14.8 |
| 1917 | 18 | #1,812 | 19.4 |
| 1916 | 19 | #1,695 | 21.3 |
| 1915 | 15 | #1,965 | 17.7 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,268 | 15.3 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,814 | 11.7 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,042 | 18.6 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,543 | 34.1 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,393 | 39.0 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,226 | 44.3 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,261 | 41.8 |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,077 | 51.1 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,257 | 41.0 |
| 1885 | 10 | #639 | 92.8 |
| 1882 | 5 | #1,097 | 44.0 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Worley a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Worley has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 63 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Worley: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Worley, and how old are they?
An estimated 156 Americans named Worley and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (21% of everyone recorded); the median is 74 years old and half are between 64 and 82. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 231 people named Worley (10 women and girls, 221 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 215 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% above that prediction.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Worley
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Worley and names like it
- Compare Worley and DelosBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sWorley peaked in 1920.
- Virginia’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Worley since 1910.
- The top names of 1920The year the most babies were named Worley.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Worley alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with WMost given first.