Girls' name · since 2010
Yorley
Since 2010, U.S. Social Security records show 136 babies named Yorley, peaking in 2011. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,826 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 136
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
136 girls have been named Yorley since 2010, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Yorley has 136 recorded births among girls since 2010, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2010 to 2017.
- #23,826 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 136 born since 2010
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yorley ranks #23,826 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 136 born since 2010, peaking in the 2010s.
- #23,826 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 136
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yorley's 136 recorded births place it above 67.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Yorley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Yorley splits its recorded history at 2013: 27% of all births land in the more recent half, 73% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2017 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2011 peak of 60 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Yorley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2017
- Peak year (2011)
- 60
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Yorley by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (136 births, 100% of the file).
2010s was Yorley's strongest decade.
136 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Yorley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
136 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 136 births (100% of all-time use).
Yorley by state
Where Yorley concentrates geographically, total births since 2010
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 35 | 25.7% |
| #2 | California | | 27 | 19.9% |
35 of 136 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Texas records the most Yorleys (35 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Yorley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~7 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2010–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Yorley draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.