How rare is the name Adley?

3,665 people in the United States have the first name Adley, about 1 in 82,410. It ranks #4,888 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ADLEY

#4,888

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,665
About
1 in 82,410
This common or more
84.6%
Who bears it

Of the 3,665 people named Adley, 85.4% reported their origin as White, 5.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.2% as two or more races. 88.1% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Adley peaked in 2021, when 630 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19182025
Peak year
2021
Births that year
630
In 2025*
390 ▼38%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,823 babies have been given the name since 1918. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Adley by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,162. The largest share of babies named Adley, 84.9%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#11,6155
1920s#9,24228
1930s#10,55210
1940s#12,5745
1950s#14,8235
1960s#14,95510
1980s#16,76836
1990s#29,08116
2000s#7,022338
2010s#1,5383,342
2020s#1,1623,028
Greatest Generation 1901–270.5%
Silent Generation 1928–450.1%
Baby boom 1946–640.3%
Millennials 1981–960.7%
Generation Z 1997–1213.5%
2013 and later84.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Adley is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Adley has been most common in North Dakota (3.3×), Oklahoma (2.3×), and Tennessee (2.2×), and least common in New York (0.25×).

5,422 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Adley, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Adley ranks #36,629 of 156,621, with 657 people. See Adley as a last name

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