Recorded 2010–2017 Girls' name Peak 2011 136 births

Yorley — girls' name

136 babies named Yorley in U.S. Social Security records since 2010, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2010s136
2010s
Peak decade

100% of everyone ever named Yorley was born in this single decade.

2011
Single peak year

60 babies were named Yorley in 2011 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Yorley

The Social Security Administration has registered 136 babies named Yorley between 2010 and 2017, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yorley currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 60 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yorley performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 136 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 35 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Yorley in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yorley 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 136 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.

Yorley at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

136

Since 2010

8 years of records

Peak year

2011

60 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

2010

Recorded for 8 years

Last year on file: 2017

Yorley popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2010

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2011)
60
Annual births at peak — across 8 years of records
020406080 2017201520142013201220112010 7

Yorley by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
136 births that decade — 100% of Yorley's all-time total
2010s136

Yorley by state

Where Yorley concentrates geographically — total births since 2010

Regionally concentrated
Top 2 states by recorded births for the name Yorley
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
35 25.7%
#2 California
27 19.9%
Texas share of Yorley's total US births 25.7%
Even split

35 of 136 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Yorley?
136 babies have been named Yorley since 2010. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2011 with 60 births.
When was Yorley most popular?
Yorley was most popular in the 2010s decade with 136 total births. The single peak year was 2011.
Where is Yorley most popular?
The top states for the name Yorley are Texas (35 births), California (27 births).
How long has the name Yorley been used?
Yorley has been recorded in Social Security data since 2010, spanning 8 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Yorley?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Yori, Yorleny, Yordanos, Yorleni, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2010–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.